The Bureau of Reclamation began testing the Cle Elum intake and now-completed helix fish passage system last summer.

CLE ELUM DAM -- Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland applauded the latest milestones in a Cle Elum fish passage project during a visit to Upper Kittitas County on Wednesday.

View of the helix structure for the fish passage project at the Cle Elum Dam near Ronald, Wash., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Emree Weaver / Yakima Herald-Republic ...

Plans to restore salmon to the Cle Elum River above the Cle Elum Dam call for a unique spiral water slide to let juvenile fish head downstream.

Innovative fish passage improvements underway at the Cle Elum Dam are one example of the success of this robust approach to salmon recovery.

The Bureau of Reclamation began testing the Cle Elum intake and now-completed helix fish passage system last summer. It will allow sockeye salmon and other fish to go from Cle Elum Lake through ...

Innovative fish passage improvements underway at the Cle Elum Dam are one example of the success of this robust approach to salmon recovery.