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  • The name Redfish Lake, comes from the landlocked salmon that live there and used to be so abundant that they would turn the lake red when they were spawning.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • The name Redfish Lake, comes from the landlocked salmon that live there and used to be so abundant that they would turn the lake red when they were spawning.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • The name Redfish Lake, comes from the landlocked salmon that live there and used to be so abundant that they would turn the lake red when they were spawning.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • The name Redfish Lake, comes from the landlocked salmon that live there and used to be so abundant that they would turn the lake red when they were spawning.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • The name Redfish Lake, comes from the landlocked salmon that live there and used to be so abundant that they would turn the lake red when they were spawning.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • According the Columbia and Snake Rivers Campaign, exactly three — 3 -- sockeye salmon returned to Redfish Lake in Central Idaho in 2006.

    LARRY CRAIG'S TRUE CRIMES AGAINST NATURE 2007

  • The Redfish Lake sockeye salmon is not a species in its own right; it is part of the species Oncorhynchus nerka, and as a whole, O. nerka is not endangered.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Overcoming four dams on the Columbia River and four more on the Snake River proved too much for the Redfish Lake sockeye.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • As the population of O. nerka occurring farthest inland, the Redfish Lake sockeye represents a unique part of the biodiversity of O. nerka and qualifies for protection from extinction under the Endangered Species Act.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The Redfish Lake sockeye, along with Snake River Chinook salmon and steelhead, which also must pass dams on both their upstream spawning migrations and downstream smolt migrations, are now listed as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

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