B33-100-731
Aerial photo of construction of the Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities at Cle Elum Dam in the Yakima Basin.
In this shot: Continued construction within the secant, the large hole that will eventually contain the Helix fish passage structure. On the empty beach, construction is soon to begin on excavation for the intake structure to be built. This intake structure will allow fish to enter the Helix and be carried downstream of the dam.
These fish passage facilities, including the helix structure, will provide fish access to historic habitat and restore biodiversity and the natural production of anadromous salmonids in the upper Cle Elum subbasin including sockeye, coho and spring Chinook salmon, and Pacific lamprey. The project would also contribute to the recovery of two species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act—the upper Middle Columbia River steelhead and bull trout.
5/1/2019 BOR Photo by Kirsten Strough
B33-100-731
Aerial photo of construction of the Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities at Cle Elum Dam in the Yakima Basin.
In this shot: Continued construction within the secant, the large hole that will eventually contain the Helix fish passage structure. On the empty beach, construction is soon to begin on excavation for the intake structure to be built. This intake structure will allow fish to enter the Helix and be carried downstream of the dam.
These fish passage facilities, including the helix structure, will provide fish access to historic habitat and restore biodiversity and the natural production of anadromous salmonids in the upper Cle Elum subbasin including sockeye, coho and spring Chinook salmon, and Pacific lamprey. The project would also contribute to the recovery of two species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act—the upper Middle Columbia River steelhead and bull trout.
5/1/2019 BOR Photo by Kirsten Strough