Fish and Game says the Chilkat River chinook salmon run is expected to meet the target for a healthy population once the numbers are crunched.
The department set the escapement goal — the number of adult fish that are counted returning to the river during the spawning season — between 1,750 and 3,500. The number is expected to come in around 2,200.
“It was a pretty good run this year,” said Brian Elliott, a fisheries…
