Recent storms along the Northern California coastline may have brought concerns about mudslides and scattered power outages, but for the adult Chinook Salmon and steelheads migrating from the ocean to the Smith River to reproduce – it’s been like turning on the river’s vacancy sign. Thanks to some recently-installed sonar monitoring equipment courtesy of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Fisheries Division, cameras are able to capture the moment. 

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