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Here is some great footage of #Chinooksalmon spawning that our fish techs gathered while in the field.

A male waits in anticipation as a female hovers over a redd (nest), ready to deposit her eggs. The moment comes and the male does his job to fertilize the eggs. Next, the female covers the eggs to protect them from predators, like the trout that swoop in to gobble them up.

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