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Lower Columbia River Coho

ESA Listing Status: Threatened on June 28, 2005 pdf format 295KB

ESU Definition: This evolutionarily significant unit, or ESU, includes all naturally spawned populations of coho salmon in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Washington and Oregon, from the mouth of the Columbia up to and including the Big White Salmon and Hood Rivers, and includes the Willamette River to Willamette Falls, Ore., and 25 artificial propagation programs:

  • Grays River
  • Sea Resources Hatchery
  • Peterson Coho Project
  • Big Creek Hatchery
  • Astoria High School (STEP) Coho Program
  • Warrenton High School (STEP) Coho Program
  • Elochoman Type-S Coho Program
  • Elochoman Type-N Coho Program
  • Cathlamet High School FFA Type-N Coho Program
  • Cowlitz Type-N Coho Program in the Upper and Lower Cowlitz Rivers
  • Cowlitz Game and Anglers Coho Program
  • Friends of the Cowlitz Coho Program
  • North Fork Toutle River Hatchery
  • Kalama River Type-N Coho Program
  • Kalama River Type-S Coho Program
  • Washougal Hatchery Type-N Coho Program
  • Lewis River Type-N Coho Program
  • Lewis River Type-S Coho Program
  • Fish First Wild Coho Program
  • Fish First Type-N Coho Program
  • Syverson Project Type-N Coho Program
  • Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery
  • Sandy Hatchery
  • Bonneville/Cascade/Oxbow complex