Sean C. Morgan
A year ago, U.S. Forest Service and South Santiam Watershed Council officials were watching a contractor drop tall trees into the South Fork of the South Santiam River in an effort to improve the stream’s habitability for spawning spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead.
They had no idea how long it would take to see the results they were looking for: fish creating “redds,” gravel beds in which the laid their eggs.