WA: Chinook Jargon in the news: the Kwoneesum Dam is no more
Bit of irony:
The Kwoneesum (kwánsəm ‘always; forever’) Dam has joined the growing list of those already removed from Pacific NW rivers.
New fish-friendly habitat on the restored Wildboy Creek (image credit: Cowlitz Indian Tribe via NOAA Fisheries)
This was an earthen dam on Wildboy Creek in southwestern Washington state.
NOAA Fisheries announced recently that “Washington Dam Removal Opens Lower Columbia River Tributary for Salmon and Steelhead“.
