FISHERIES/WILDLIFE

Volunteers and Chelan PUD staffers net fish in the stilling basin below the Chelan Dam to note the size and variety, 8/31/99.
Volunteers measure fish trapped in the stilling basin before releasing them back in the lake above the dam, 8/31/99
Rainbow trout that have been measured swim in a holding tank before being trucked back above the dam and released, 8/31/99
PUD fish biologist Jeff Osborn holds a smallmouth bass that was among the fish netted, 8/31/99
Hundreds of predatory Northern pikeminnows were among the fish trapped below the dam, 8/31/99
Researchers snorkel the pools near the lower end of the Chelan Gorge to see what fish are present, 8/31/99