Tour of Powerdale Dam and Fish facilty
June 5th, 2010 at 8:33 PM by Hugh
The Mom unit and I toured the Powerdale Dam on the Hood River and the fish trap/station that’s located by the dam. The dam has been decomissioned and is in the process of being torn down. The fish trap and station is also being eliminated, so this was our last chance to see the fish trap in operation. They sort and tag ALL steelhead and salmon coming up Hood River and then let the wild fish and a few hatchery fish go above the dam. Here’s some pictures of the dam and the work being done with the fish. Most of
the fish pictures show a wild winter steelhead. One shot also shows two (larger) chinook.