News Release
| Release Number: | 97-061 |
| Dated: | 6/19/1997 |
| Contact: | Public Affairs Office, 503-808-4510 |
Portland, Ore. -- On Sunday afternoons this summer people can learn more about the Northwest's salmon issues during visits to Bonneville Lock and Dam, 40 miles east of Portland on the Columbia River, the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced today.
Each Sunday this summer, speakers from various agencies and groups will discuss salmon issues as seen from their perspective. This Sunday, June 22, Gary Johnson, fisheries biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will speak about "Fish Passage at Dams."
The programs will be held at 2 p.m. each Sunday in the 3rd floor theater at the Bradford Island Visitor Center. Also, on Saturday, July 26, the Second Annual Bonneville Lock and Dam Fish Film Festival - films about fish - will be shown in the Bradford Island theater and at the Washington Shore Visitor Complex between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
To reach the Oregon side of Bonneville Lock and Dam, take exit 40 from Interstate-84; to reach the Washington side of the project, take Washington State Highway 14 to the Bonneville project.
Future Sunday afternoon topics and speakers are (Bradford Island Visitor Center in Oregon only):
June 29, "Salmon Recovery," Rob Jones, regional spokesman, National Marine Fisheries Service.
July 6, to be announced.
July 13, "The Role of Hatcheries," Ed Lamotte, project leader, Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
July 20, "What You Wanted to know about the Tribes and Salmon, but were Afraid to Ask," Rick Taylor, videographer and producer of the "Chinook Trilogy" video series, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The August schedule, which will include a speaker from the Corps' Walla Walla District to talk about the Lower Snake River Feasibility Study, will be announced later.
For further information, please call the Bradford Island Visitor Center, (541) 374-8820.