Pacific lamprey project in peril after floods wash away hundreds of fish

At least 250 unaccounted for after heavy rainfall across Pacific north-west overwhelmed cage of fish waiting to be released A pioneering tribal biodiversity project to restore the sacred Pacific lamprey population has been dealt a major blow after huge floods washed away hundreds of fish before they could be released into the wild. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) have spent two decades reintroducing the lamprey into tributaries of the Columbia River after US go...