Why Too Many Pink Salmon in Snohomish County May Not Be a Good Thing
Against the backdrop of turning autumn leaves, the water of the Sultan River wriggled with life as salmon heaved themselves to spawning grounds, their scales catching the late September sunlight.
Even with the river chock full of fish, the only Chinook seen from a vantage point on the Sultan was on the banks, impaled by a stick and starting to decay. The salmon in the river, with the males' humped backs slicing through the surface, appeared to all be pinks.
The lopsided...
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