High water temperatures measured last year at Chilkat Lake weir

No harm to salmon reported

Temperatures high enough, in theory, to harm fish were measured in 2019 and again last year at the Chilkat Lake weir, along a major thoroughfare for the Chilkat Valley’s sockeye salmon, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Takshanuk Watershed Council data.

No obvious damage to salmon was reported, but the data are of interest and concern to local scientists since warm freshwater has caused die-offs elsewhere.

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