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Quileute fisheries technician Jack Davis records coho redds on Elk Creek in the Quillayute River watershed. Low snowpack has fisheries managers concerned about conditions for fish, particularly if spring rains do not add to the water table. See related story on page 5. Photo: D. Preston

New NWIFC Magazine: Low snowpack concerns biologists

Our new magazine is available now. Among other stories, you can read about how tribes are preparing for this summer’s low flow due to critically low snowpacks:

“Snowpack helps retain groundwater,” said Joe Gilbertson, fisheries manager and biologist for the Hoh Tribe.

“We had historic low flows last summer and fall and now we’re starting the year with little to no snowpack,” he said. “Snowpack is particularly important higher in the watershed where groundwater helps feed tributary streams that are important to juvenile coho and steelhead rearing.

You can download our magazine (and about 20 years of archives) for free here.

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Information & Education Officer-South Sound