More than 10 million eulachon migrated past the Chilkoot River bridge, a return about five times the size of the one there last year, according to a study by Takshanuk Watershed Council and the Chilkoot Indian Association.
Watershed council executive director Brad Ryan said the study’s numbers are preliminary but it was obvious the run was orders of magnitude larger than last year’s.
“For a couple days, the river was running black with fish. You…
