Scraping Barnacles Gives Salmon A Fighting Chance
Corps of Engineers employees volunteer to scrape barnacle buildup along the filling tunnels at Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Seattle, Dec. 12, 2023. Seattle District is capitalizing on the additional large lock dewatering events from the large lock center miter gate replacement project, to scrape the barnacles before juvenile salmon begin migrating.

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