chinook
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When Chinook salmon swim upstream from the ocean to spawn in rivers and creeks, they need cold water for their eggs to survive.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
CH-47 Chinook, Moroccan and U.S. drones, a U.S. logistics support vessel, a Moroccan Navy frigate, and Moroccan mountaineers and divers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
This shift is particularly troubling in Southcentral Alaska, where northern pike were introduced illegally and now share habitat with Chinook and coho salmon populations that are already in decline.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
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
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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