More than 100 spring chinook salmon not needed at the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery have been released into Lolo Creek to spawn naturally.
Fisheries biologists say extra spring chinook returned to the hatchery this year, so the fish are surplus. Workers released the fish in an area with proven spawning gravel just upstream from where Lolo Creek joins the Clearwater River.
Experts say some of the fish might successfully spawn, and all the fish when they die will add nutrients to the food chain. (Lewiston Tribune)
