As Woods Creek railroad trestle comes down, a new doorway for salmon

MONROE — Over a thousand salmon waited in the shadow of a beaver dam over Woods Creek on Monday morning. Many had been stationed there for several days.

The salmon — a mix of pink, coho and endangered Chinook — swam against the current. Some found spots to breach the dam, flopping across debris to get to the other side.

Many swam in place in anticipation for something, anything, to happen at the edge of Al Borlin Park in Monroe.

They are the first group of salmon to benefit from a more than $1.4 million restoration project less than a mile away. The Adopt a Stream Foundation, in partnership with several environmental organizations, helped remove a 165-foot creosote railroad trestle that impeded their migration for decades.

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