Salmon Month Photo Gallery
King County, Washington in October, 1999

Viewing adult chinook salmon in the new holding pond at the Issaquah salmon hatchery.

Chinook salmon in Lower Cottage Lake Creek near Redmond and Woodinville, October, 1999. Photograph by Bill Smith.

Chinook salmon in Issaquah Creek near Issaquah, October, 1999.

Executive Ron Sims declares October is Salmon Month in King County.
Row behind, L-R: Steve Bell, Director of Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery; Councilmember Larry Phillips, and Mayor Ava Frisinger.

A Volunteer Cedar River Naturalist teaches some small fry about the salmon life cycle.

Volunteers plant native shrubs and trees along the banks of the Sammamish river. Find out how planting vegetation helps salmon.

Bert the Salmon (the walking, talking species) takes a break to chat with a few interested humans near the salmon-friendly King County booths at Issaquah Salmon Days.

Looking at a large chinook salmon at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.

Spawning chinook salmon in Lower Cottage Lake Creek near Redmond and Woodinville, October, 1999. Photo by Bill Smith.

King County DNR biologist Ken Carrasco takes a tissue sample from a spawned out chinook as part of a DNA study. October, 1999. Photo by Bill Smith.

Cedar River Volunteer Naturalists illustrate how large returning chinook could grow and show how to distinguish different salmon species.

New watershed identification sign being installed at Vasa Creek on West Lake Sammamish Parkway. Watershed identification signs will be posted throughout King County at rivers and streams.

Chinook salmon in Lower Cottage Lake Creek near Redmond and Woodinville, October, 1999. Photograph by Bill Smith.

Volunteers take part in Sammamish ReLeaf, a cross-jurisdictional effort to make the Sammamish River a healthier place for salmon.

Chinook salmon spawning in Issaquah Creek, October, 1999.

At the Lonfellow Creek planting, volunteers helped plant nearly 500 native plants and trees that will help salmon by stabilizing the water temperature and water quality.

On the North Fork of Newaukum Creek, volunteers planted 650 plants, helping this tributary supply cold, clean water to the Green-Duwamish system.

At Porter Levee, a reconnected side channel was recently constructed and planted. The historic meander of the Green River will provide habitat to salmon and other wildlife.

Over 100 volunteers helped at the Hatchery Park planting near Auburn. This site, near the confluence of the Green River and Soos Creek, is critical for rearing and spawning salmon.

Volunteers at the Narita Levee project in Kent planted native plants on an innovative regrade of a Green River levee. This will provide salmon habitat during flood periods and help shade the river, helping to keep water temperatures hospitably cool.