Washington's Baker River sockeye salmon run smashes record, despite hydroelectric dams

[@ttmallard]

With no dams the fish migrated for weeks into creeks as small as 2ft wide throughout the state. There's no way to do that with dams, hatcheries and fish ladders, don't be ignorant. Thx

[@nonewsisgoodnews8443]

Good, positive eco news for a change!

[@jackdavid67]

Thank you King5 for reporting historical truth! The Indians have fished these rivers for at least “10,000 years” ! Better reporting than History Link this week, which emailed that the Lummi etc have fished the area for “centuries” … Heck, even PBS recently reported that the Klamath, Yurok et al tribes have fished for “hundreds of years” in California. Columbus arrived “hundreds of years ago” The “Indians” or “Native Americans” were here for THOUSANDS of years before outsiders showed up. Thank you King5 for reporting accurate historical information! Kudos to the reporter. She’s knowledgable for inspires hope for the future of the ecosystem.

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

Seattle city light needs to go, crazy how much theyve been holding the salmon runs back.

[@mookncowboys9007]

I love the sockeye run. Very proud of the run and use Concrete.

[@georgenaugles5039]

Seattle City Light, can you please help the Skagit's salmon get through your dams or else remove your dams?

[@jamesmilton3490]

Oh the politics. Is there anyone managing natural resources rationally and professionally?

[@BallardBaller]

Such a puff piece... bottom line, wild Salmon feed us, we need them more than electricity. This is a valuable resource that should be prioritized. This is not a tribal thing, this is an American thing

[@dablaughur]

What happen to the sockeye salmon on the Cedar River? Barely any sockeye are returning through the Ballard locks & back into the river Why not do a story about that?

[@donwosa2307]

partly to blame? nice way to try and skirt responsibility. how about "overwhelmingly mostly to blame" ?

[@shawndoyle6460]

the dams aren't killing the runs ....... gill nets and seals....simple...

[@peterdorn5799]

the hydro power should be replaced w/ small modular reactors and the dams removed

[@BourbonForageFishing]

Won't make much of a difference for salmon runs unfortunately. Biggest problem is overfishing which no one will address due to corrupt political systems.

[@peterdorn5799]

the hydropower can be replaced, free the skagit, city light should invest in Westing ghouse ap smr's they could remove the dams

[@ReelFishingPNW]

Go Bills!

[@BourbonForageFishing]

So the run LITERALLY doubled after they put the first dam in? So how is it that the dams are to blame for dwindling #'s?

[@brandonkales2973]

Why don't the tribes fund it then to put in fish ladders

[@jackdavid67]

@@matthew3136 exactly matthew! for 10,000+ years the fisheries were the best in the world! and apparently, after Americans showed up, the fisheries died off… and it’s somehow the original peoples’ fault???

[@BourbonForageFishing]

@@jackdavid67 It's not the dams. Look at the chart! Runs GOT BIGGER after the dam was put into place, for 20 years after! The dwindling runs are do multi factors, the major one being OVERFISHING.

[@sw8741]

@@jackdavid67 10,000 years? Where is your evidence? There are no written documents, no documentation how how the fishery was 200, 300 500 or 5000 years ago. Heck, there was a 250 year drought around 1100 CE, what happened to the fishery then? 250 years and the rivers were probably all dried up. You don't even know if this tribe killed off a tribe to take the fish and the land 200 years ago. .