Chinook Salmon
Chinook or King salmon spend most of their lives in the Pacific Ocean, only swimming into the Clearwater to reproduce and die.
Steelhead Trout
A threatened migratory fish, important both as part of Indigenous culture and as a popular sport fish
Species Spotlight: Pacific Lamprey
This article was first published in the Spring 2024 edition of the Clearwater Defender. You can have the Defender delivered straight to your house when you become an FOC member. Natural History Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) are eel-shaped jawless fish. Lamprey aren’t actually eels, but a kind of very primitive cartilaginous fish, like sharks and […]