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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017
Coho salmon reintroduced into Grande Ronde Basin
fi nger-size smolts into the river.
Silver fl ashes darted around
the stream bank before the fi sh
eventually took to the current
and began their long journey to
the Pacifi c Ocean.
All together, eight trucks
transported half a million coho
— or kállay in the Nez Perce
language — to the Lostine
River from the state hatchery
at Cascade Locks where they
were reared. Tribal offi cials
said it was a historic event, and
the culmination of decades of
work.
“It is a great honor to be
here and serve my people,” said
Quincy Ellenwood, a member
of the Nez Perce Tribal Exec-
utive Committee. “We do this
for the love we have of our
culture.”
Tribe, state
bring fi sh back
to Lostine River
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
The Lostine River fl owed
gently Thursday afternoon
through Wolfe Ranch near
Wallowa, where a truck haul-
ing young coho salmon backed
slowly down a gravel drive to
the water’s edge.
For the fi rst time in 31 years,
coho were released into the
Grande Ronde Basin, follow-
ing a ceremony hosted by the
Nez Perce Tribe and Oregon
Department of Fish and Wild-
life. Approximately 50 people
gathered to celebrate the occa-
sion, marking a major mile-
stone in the effort to restore a
once-abundant fi shery.
Guests watched from just
upstream of the tribe’s Los-
tine salmon weir as a thick
hose connected to the tanker
belched tens of thousands of
Driven to extinction
According to tribal esti-
mates, the number of coho that
used to return to the Grande
Ronde exceeded 20,000 adults
in the late 1800s. Most of
those fi sh would migrate into
the Lostine and Wallowa riv-
E.J. Harris/EO Media Group
Coho salmon smolts shoot out of a hose into the Lostine
River on Thursday outside of Wallowa. The Nez Perce tribe
is reintroducing the fish to the Lostine River after a 31-
year absence of a coho salmon run.
ers, but by the 1980s a com-
bination of factors drove the
local population to extinction.
Those factors included over-
fi shing, changes in the habitat
and introduction of hydroelec-
tric dams on the main stem of
the Columbia and Snake rivers.
Becky Johnson, who over-
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
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Jan. 28, 1928 — March 3, 2017
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Natalia Fife Torres (née Galvani)
years. She moved to Long Beach,
passed away on March 3, 2017.
California, after a stroke, where she
She was born Jan. 28, 1928, in
was lovingly cared for by her daugh-
ter, Dorian.
Seaside, Oregon. Natalia (Pat or
Natalia loved music and played
Patsy to her friends) grew up in Sea-
classical piano, was an avid reader
side, where her father, William H.
and lover of mystery books and
Galvani, was mayor.
crossword puzzles, and loved dogs.
She is survived by her children
She worked hard raising four chil-
Regan Lee, Alicia Torres, Dorian
dren and became a registered nurse to
Torres Mullnix and Alan Mark Tor-
support her family. We will miss our
res; and three grandchildren, Gabriel
Natalia Torres
mother, who was funny, irreverent
and Shannon Mullnix and Vivianne
and smart and took care of her fam-
Torres. She also leaves behind her
ily with hard work and sacrifi ces. We
beloved dog Lucy.
Natalia loved the Oregon Coast and moved will miss her very much, but know she is now in
to Newport after living in California for several a better place, free of pain.
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
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Offi cer Justin Urbano, a com-
mand duty offi cer at Sec-
tor Columbia River, said in a
release. “Even while off duty,
our Coast Guardsmen and
women are ready to respond
to any signs of trouble.”
Weather on scene at the
time of the incident was
15-mph winds and 8-foot
seas.
Natalia Fife Torres
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North Bend
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.
— An off-duty U.S. Coast
Guardsman rescued a kayaker
near Grays Harbor, Washing-
ton, Saturday.
Watch standers in Warren-
ton received a report through
911 dispatch of two kayakers
beset by weather near Grays
Harbor. One was able to make
it to shore, but not the other.
A 47-foot motor lifeboat
launched from Station Grays
Harbor, but an off-duty petty
offi cer underway in a boat
nearby transferred the kay-
aker to shore.
“This case illustrates the
professionalism of our Coast
Guard members,” Chief Petty
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Series of projects
Bringing coho back to the
Grande Ronde is just the lat-
est in a series of projects car-
ried out by Northwest tribes
across the Columbia Basin.
The Nez Perce also maintains
a coho program on the Clear-
water River in Idaho, while
the Yakama Nation is working
to restore the species on the
upper Columbia.
Both programs have suc-
cessfully rebuilt naturally
spawning coho populations,
which is what Johnson said
they ultimately hope to do on
the Lostine.
Aaron Penney, hatchery
complex manager for the Nez
Perce on the Clearwater River,
said he joined the program as
a college intern to help restore
lost fi sheries. Fishing is a big
part of the Nez Perce culture, he
said, and ties them to the land.
“Over the past 100 years,
we’ve seen places like the
Lostine where the populations
have declined or gone extinct,”
Penney said. “It’s like losing
part of your soul.”
Off-duty Coast Guardsman to the rescue
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:19 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 7:30 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 8:44 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 8:15 a.m.
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Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.03"
Month to date ................................... 6.52"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.00"
Year to date .................................... 24.40"
Normal year to date ........................ 20.39"
Mar 20
Occasional rain and
drizzle
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Astoria through Sunday.
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Normal high/low ........................... 54°/39°
Record high ............................ 74° in 1941
Record low ............................. 24° in 1897
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THURSDAY
sees tribal hatcheries for the
Nez Perce fi sheries depart-
ment, said they received fund-
ing from the Bonneville Power
Administration in 1988 to
study how they could reintro-
duce coho to the basin.
“Now, we’re in the process
of putting fi sh back to where
they used to be,” Johnson said.
Once the adults return,
Johnson said they will col-
lect some to use as broodstock
to raise future generations of
hatchery-reared coho. Some
may return to spawn naturally
in the river.
The tribe, which co-man-
ages the fi shery with the
Department of Fish and Wild-
life , fi rst broached the subject
in 1996. But Bruce Eddy, e ast
r egion manager for the depart-
ment , said the agency was sim-
ply too overwhelmed trying
to preserve C hinook salmon
and steelhead, which had been
listed as threatened under the
Endangered Species Act.
Thursday’s
reintroduc-
tion of coho is not only a huge
accomplishment in its own
right, Eddy said, but goes to
show how far fi sh conservation
has come in recent decades.
“We’re fi nally getting our
head above water,” Eddy
said. “It’s nice to be able to
spend time on something other
than C hinook and summer
steelhead.”
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DUII
• At 10:08 p.m. Thursday, Taylor Anne Law, 23, of
Astoria, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Depart-
ment in Young s Bay Plaza for driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants. She was stopped originally for driv-
ing without headlights in the dark and her blood alcohol
content was .203.
• At 12:35 a.m. Saturday, Katherine Michelle Lent-
zen, 30, of Seaside, was arrested by the Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Offi ce near Second Avenue and North Down-
ing Street in Seaside for DUII.
DEATH
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Cannon Beach Rural Fire Department Board, 6 p.m.,
Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave.
TUESDAY
Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
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ing replacement, 670 Pacifi c Way, Gearhart.
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High School library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
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