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By Shannon Dininny
Salmon LaSac, Washington (AP)
The Yakama Nation released sockeye salmon into a lake on the east slope of the Cascades July 7, marking yet another effort by Pacific Northwest tribes to restore fish in areas where they have long been extinct.
A ceremony that included native song, dance and a prayer for the future of the fish ended with the release of 100 sockeye salmon into Cle Elum Lake in Central Washington. Biologists plan to release 1,000 fish in the coming weeks in hopes of restoring sockeye to the headwaters of the Yakima River basin.
Salmon LaSac, Washington (AP)
The Yakama Nation released sockeye salmon into a lake on the east slope of the Cascades July 7, marking yet another effort by Pacific Northwest tribes to restore fish in areas where they have long been extinct.
A ceremony that included native song, dance and a prayer for the future of the fish ended with the release of 100 sockeye salmon into Cle Elum Lake in Central Washington. Biologists plan to release 1,000 fish in the coming weeks in hopes of restoring sockeye to the headwaters of the Yakima River basin.
