Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
For the third straight year – and the figures are no surprise to fishermen on the South Santiam River – spring Chinook salmon returning to the South Santiam Fish Hatchery at Foster Dam have been less numerous than average.
Hatchery Manager Brett Boyd said that this year’s count on summer Chinook was 1,335 as of last week. The average return over the past 24 years is 4,200.
“We weren’t…