Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Originally Posted By: seabeckraised
Wondering if anyone on the board was familiar with the fish ladder built at RM 18 on the East Fork Humptulips River? Apparently it was put there as a way to allow fish past a natural waterfall at the same location. Can’t find much information about it on the internet, other than in a Chehalis Basin Strategy PDF.

Not sure when it was built, but was this a common strategy in the past in order to allow access to more spawning habitat?

Hoping someone on here has some knowledge of it.


Wow, that's one I never heard of. Yes, after WWII, WDF built ladders around natural barriers (Deschutes, SF Skykomish, Wind) or blasted out small barrier falls (Cascade River) to allow salmon passage into what the Department considered "barren waters." The presence of native trout didn't matter to WDF, which was salmon centric, and they barely talked to WDG, which was trout centric.


I’ll try to post a picture on this thread, bear with me.