Salmon Lifecycle with Ranger Tessa

Salmon go to extraordinary lengths to lay their eggs! Join us as Ranger Tessa explains the incredible life cycle these fish go through. Chapters: 0:06 Ranger Tessa's introduction 0:45 The 5 different types of Pacific North West Salmon 1:20 Start of the salmon life cycle 1:48 Eggs hatch 2:18 Start traveling downstream 3:35 Smolt phase near the Mouth of the Columbia River 3:54 Adult phase in the Pacific Ocean 4:13 Return to Columbia River 5:00 Traveling upstream to spawn 6:10 Salmon die, but the cycle continues 6:40 Keystone species ► Facebook:   / portlandcorps   ► Twitter:   / portlandcorps   ► Instagram:   / portlandcorps   ► Find out more about how the Corps manages salmon here: https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Missio...