The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is releasing juvenile chinook

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is releasing juvenile chinook Wednesday morning in Spokane.

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Wed., March 16, 2022

Finger-sized chinook salmon swim in a bucket before being released into Latah Creek on Wednesday, as part of a major release of tagged salmon to be tracked through the Spokane and Columbia rivers.

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The group gathered to watch the release of baby chinook salmon pause for a prayer before the salmon were released into Latah Creek Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022. The fish were raised at a Coeur d'Alene Tribal hatchery. It was a major release of tagged baby chinook salmon to be tracked through their journey down the Spokane River to the Columbia River.

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Mark Ortivez, right, who works for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe fisheries department, looks at a net full of fingerling salmon about to be released into Latah Creek before passing the net to Vincent Peone, left, a cultural representative of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022 by biologist. The fish will be tracked by radio tags to see if they can find their way to the Columbia River and become anadromous again.

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Jake Brown gently tips baby salmon out of a bucket into Latah Creek Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022 at a spot south of Spokane, along U.S. 195. The release is a project of several Indian tribes with a goal of restarting salmon populations in the Columbia River system.

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Aaron Penney, center, of the Nez Perce Tribe and Toby Kock, right, of the U.S. Geological Survey, hand a net full of baby salmon down to a line of volunteers who quickly transferred them to Latah Creek on Wednesday. The fish were raised at a Coeur d’Alene tribal hatchery.

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Ryan Rusche, right, an attorney who works with the Coeur d'Alene Tribe prepares to hand a net filled with squirming baby fish down to others standing on the the bank of Latah Creek Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022 south of Spokane. The fish were raised at a Coeur d'Alene Tribal hatchery. At the bottom of the bank are, from left, Jake Brown, Vincent Peone, Mark Ortivez and Bobbie White (taking a photo with her phone) It was a major release of tagged baby chinook salmon to be tracked through their journey down the Spokane River to the Columbia River.

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From left, Mark Ortivez, Bobbie White and Vincent Peone, right, prepare to release tiny finger-sized chinook salmon into Latah Creek Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022 as part of a cooperative project with multiple northwest Indian tribes.

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