The "Urge-To-Merge" is strong with these fish!From article in post 374:
"Last week, adult fall Chinook salmon made it all the way to Oregon's stretch of the Klamath Basin for the first time in more than a century — swimming more than 200 miles from the ocean. Salmon were also seen spawning in a tributary above the former Iron Gate Dam site for the first time in more than 60 years."
I'm curious. Salmon supposedly return to the same area where they were spawned, being able to detect differences in water chemistry. If these spawning grounds were inaccessible to fish for so long, why are these fish "returning"? They were not spawned there.