Photo by NICK GERHARDT
A steelhead jumps in Big Bear Falls in the Potlatch River system.
March 9, 2017
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March 9, 2017 midnight
Calling steelhead back to Potlatch River
Every year, hundreds of wild steelhead swim 500 miles from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in the Potlatch River, a tributary of the Clearwater River about 15 miles upstream of Lewiston. Unfortunately, the Potlatch’s steelhead numbers are a fraction of what they once were, but the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is starting a major habitat restoration project so it can be home for more steelhead in the future.