First salmon poacher caught on Klamath River system above former dam sites

First salmon poacher caught on Klamath River system above former dam sites

For the second year in a row, thousands of salmon have returned to tributaries of the Klamath River above the former dam sites.California Trout estimates that around 10,000 Chinook salmon have returned to the Klamath above the former locations of the PacifiCorp dams this fall.But as always, somebody has to spoil the party.The first criminal salmon poaching incident to the newly-reopened habitat was reported in the Oregon State Police Fish and Wi…