chinook
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The planned resumption of fishing this spring will enable crews to catch limited numbers of fall-run Chinook salmon on certain dates.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The fall-run Chinook population, however, remains much smaller than it was in the early 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
We’re not like the Chinook salmon that seek out upriver spawning zones or feline species that go into heat each spring and summer.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
His yard sign sports the outline of a Chinook helicopter, the kind he flew on special operations missions.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
I wanted so badly to describe the prairie smell to him, the sweet promise of spring after a Chinook, the warm, edgy rub of sage, the rib-eye steak smell of my fields.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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