Eulachon have returned to the Chilkoot River after two years of a lackluster turnout.
Environmental DNA and mark-and-recapture data collected by the Chilkoot Indian Association suggest a population of around 4.7 million eulachon on the Chilkoot this year, field technician Meredith Pochardt said. The average eulachon run is around eight million fish, she said.
The first ‘scouts’ showed up April 25 to the Chilkoot River. The…
