Wildlife

Salmon species

Oncorhynchus spp.
Habitat
Columbia River and estuary
Conservation
Imperiled

Salmon runs of the Columbia River watershed molded and supported all native cultures seen by the Corps west of Rockies.

Journal References

15 journal entries mention Salmon species

Aug 13 1805
Lewis: August 13, 1805
...k some bushes of the white maple, the shumate of the small species with the winged rib, and a species of honeysuckle much in it's growth and leaf like the small hon...
Aug 19 1805
Lewis: August 19, 1805
... but with little rispect, and compel them to perform every species of drudgery. they collect the wild fruits and roots, attend to the horses or assist in that duty ...
Oct 24 1805
Clark: October 24, 1805
...falls are Salmon trout and great numbers of the heads of a Species of trout Smaller than the Salmon. those fish they catch out of the Salmon Season, and are at this ...
Nov 6 1805
Clark: November 6, 1805
...e-Arber Vitea or white Cedar, red Loril, alder and Several Species of under groth, the bottoms have common rushes, nettles, & grass the Slashey parts have Bull rushe...
Nov 12 1805
Clark: November 12, 1805
...is creek & killed 2 Salmon trout, the men killd. 13 of the Salmon Species, The Pine of fur Specs, or Spruc Pine grow here to an emense Size & hight maney of them 7 & 8 fee...
Nov 13 1805
Clark: November 13, 1805
...e of those bushesThe Timber on those hills are of the pine Species large and tall maney of them more than 200 feet high & from 8 to 10 feet through at the Stump thos...
Jan 8 1806
Clark: January 8, 1806
...xty or Seventy feet and from 2 to 3 feet in diamiter. Some Species of pine on the top of the Point of View rise to the emmence hight of 210 feet and from 8 to 12 fee...
Jan 10 1806
Lewis: January 10, 1806
...ort Clatsop is covered with a very heavy growth of several species of pine & furr, also the arbor vita or white cedar and a small proportion of the black Alder which...
Mar 12 1806
Clark: March 12, 1806
...and river already mentioned we have met with the following Species. viz. the Whale, Porpus, Skaite, flounder, Salmon, red-carr, two Specis of Salmon trout, mountain ...
Mar 13 1806
Clark: March 13, 1806
...ivs eate the latter and esteem it very fine. these Several Species are the Same of those of the atlantic Coasts. The Common Salmon and red charr are the inhabitents ...
Mar 16 1806
Clark: March 16, 1806
...the waves and tide, and adheres to the Sand. There are two Species of the Fuci, or (Seawead) Seawreck which we also found thrown up by the waves. the 1st Specie at o...
Apr 12 1806
Clark: April 12, 1806
...a variety Such as Cotton, large leafed ash, Sweet willow a Species of beech, alder, white thorn, cherry of a Small Speces, Servis berry bushes, Huckleberries bushes,...
Apr 17 1806
Lewis: April 17, 1806
...cut them untill I know the number we can obtain.there is a species of hiasinth in these plains the bulb of which the natives eat either boiled baked or dryed in the ...
Apr 27 1806
Clark: April 27, 1806
...at Lodges. at present they Seam to Subsist principally on a Species of Mullet which weighs from one to 3 pds. and roots of various discriptions which those plains fu...
May 21 1806
Clark: May 21, 1806
...ure that the men would not bring back some other poisonous species not well known to the Indians. The decision to purchase roots was probably prudent.

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