Willamette winter steelhead returns at 20-year high

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Willamette winter steelhead returns at 20-year high

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Published on Apr 16, 2024, 1:10:23 PM
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In 2017, fewer than 1,000 winter steelhead returned to the Upper Willamette Basin. That number has exploded to more than 7,600 so far this year. The returns are the highest since 2004. Zach Urness is the outdoors editor for the Statesman Journal and hosts the Explore Oregon podcast. He joins us with more on what’s behind the increase.

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