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Fisheries managers and researchers are gaining confidence that sturgeon in the Hells Canyon reach of the Snake River are reproducing.

This past summer, fisheries biologists with the Magic Valley Region spent weeks on the Snake River between Milner Dam and Idaho Falls surveying the white sturgeon population.

The dams’ average output is 940MW, enough electricity to power Seattle, for example, for a year. At capacity, the dams will ...

There were no dead sturgeon found below Auger Falls, Thompson said. Backman, meanwhile, said he’s been told the Snake River near Buhl is among the best sturgeon fishing waters in the country.

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Idaho Fish and Game says quagga mussels were detected in the Snake River again near Twin Falls. Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) detected fewer mussels in 2024 than in 2023, but a ...

In 30 years of sampling, biologists have handled more than 4,000 Snake River sturgeon and just 10 of those have gone double digits.

Fisheries managers and researchers are gaining confidence that sturgeon in the Hells Canyon reach of the Snake River are reproducing.