In Lake Roosevelt, we're "dam-locked." That means that Grand Coulee Dam (and Chief Joseph Dam just below Grand Coulee) block us from going upstream. So our life cycle is completed within Lake Roosevelt and its tributaries.

Before the dam was built, salmon species like steelhead and chinook migrated all the way to the ocean and back from this area. That's over 1,200 miles, talk about a journey!!!

Salmon that live part of their life in the ocean are called anadromous fish. Even though I'm related to them, I'm called a resident fish because I stay within rivers, lakes and streams.

Whether an anadromous or resident fish, scientists agree that water temperature is a very important habitat component for us. Our health depends on it !!!