For decades, toxic tire dust has choked coho salmon before they can spawn in their natal streams. Now, King County scientists ...
Scientists have learned that particles from car tires are a leading culprit in salmon declines in the Pacific Northwest—and ...
One biologist, Michael Riechmuth, counted 150 adult coho salmon in a single day, marking possibly the best spawning season in the creek in over 15 years. The increase in the coho salmon population ...
The 2013-14 winter season, which came during historic drought conditions in California, inhibited salmonids from reaching ...
Coho salmon dying from exposure to a toxic tire chemical just before they return to their spawning ground after their journey ...
Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and ... Last year, a record 29,591 adult coho and 11,280 jacks, males that return ...
More specifically, Coho salmon. He was recently awarded a new grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust, “Inferring source-specific Production of adult Coho salmon to Lake Michigan”.
King County scientists created a soil mix that removes a toxic chemical from tire dust, potentially saving coho salmon.
In a recent social media post, the Yurok Tribe announced more than 100,000 coho salmon fry were introduced to tributaries of ...
Scientists first identified toxic tire dust, or more specifically the chemical 6PPD-quinone, as a salmon-killer in 2020. For decades, observers had watched in agony as adult coho salmon ...