Salmon Creek is healing slowly, and salmon are returning slowly. “We see a few each year,” said Ashley King, volunteer coordinator for Clark Public Utilities’ StreamTeam. “It’s slow, but our conservation efforts are working.”
That’s a far cry from the stories longtime county residents such as Gene Ritter tell about the fishing there, but it’s a change in the right direction.
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