Young salmon die after fish tanker truck crashes in Oregon, causing 20% loss to Imnaha River's threatened Chinook population. Driver survives with minor injuries.

Some 102,000 spring Chinook salmon smolts destined for the Imnaha River by way of a tanker truck failed to reach their destination on March 29 when the tanker crashed next to Lookingglass Creek near ...

A 53-foot-long tanker truck accidentally released 77,000 salmon into an Oregon creek after it crashed and flipped on March 29, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) ...

Now the salmon are swimming — but in the ... "The smolts lost represent about 20 percent of the total that will be released into the Imnaha River this year," the Oregon Department of Fish and ...

When a truck carrying over 100,000 salmon crashed and overturned in Oregon, it might have spelled disaster for the fish aboard, which were intended to replenish local populations in the Imnaha River.

When a truck carrying over 100,000 salmon crashed and overturned, it might have spelled destruction for the fish aboard, which were intended to replenish local populations in the Imnaha River.

Wildlife officials had intended to release the salmon into Oregon’s Imnaha River instead, more than 50 miles away. “About 77,000 smolts made it into the creek when the tanker overturned ...

SALEM, Ore. -- Commercial salmon trollers in Oregon will be able to catch about 12,000 more chinook salmon than expected this season if they fish at the mouths of 10 Oregon rivers. But that catch ...

The spring Chinook salmon is considered threatened in the Imnaha River. The smolts lost during the crash represent about 20% of the batch that will be released into the Imnaha River. Fish managers say ...

A truck transporting 102,000 young Chinook salmon crashed on its way to Oregon’s Imnaha at the end of March. According to the Washington Post , the driver was okay with only minor injuries but ...

LA GRANDE, Ore. (Gray News) - Thousands of young salmon were dumped into the wrong creek after the tanker transporting them was involved in a crash. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and ...

According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a tanker carrying 102,000 spring Chinook young salmon, also known as smolts, to be released in the Imnaha River rolled on its side while ...