More than 120,000 fish have been captured at the Pelton Round Butte fish facility since it began operating in December. Of those, nearly 100,000 juvenile anadromous fish — including 50,000 sockeye salmon, 42,000 spring Chinook salmon and 7,800 steelhead smolts — were transferred downstream to continue their migration to the Pacific Ocean. The primary migration period for these fish runs from February to July.

This marks the first downstream passage of salmon and steelhead in 40 years, thanks to a new underwater tower and fish collection facility built by PGE and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, co-owners of the Pelton Round Hydro Project.

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