Grizzly Country

Today was the last beach seine for the Phillips Arm salmon broodstock and the Grizzlies have moved into the lower river. This 3 year old bear was on the other side of the river from us when we arrived in the morning. He seemed well fed enough not to care about us!
Also spotted was a large female on the drive into the site and apparently there are 6 or 7 more in the area that we didn't see.
Lots of dolphins and porpoises performing their acrobatics on the cruise up to the Phillips Arm. Everybody loves it when the
salmon come back home.
It was a good year for the hatchery, right on target with over 200,000 eggs collected for next years release.