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  2. Fish ladder - Wikipedia

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    Pool-and-weir fish ladder at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River Drone video of a fish way in Estonia, on the river Jägala FERC fish ladder safety sign. A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon, is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as ...

  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.

  4. Similkameen River - Wikipedia

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    The Enloe Dam, completed in 1923, is located just above the river's mouth. [7] The river, after flowing over the dam, drops over Coyote Falls. Because there are no fish ladders at the site of the Enloe dam, fish passage and salmon runs are stopped from going farther north and into British Columbia. [8] [9] [10] [11]

  5. Two years ago a Nooksack dam was destroyed. Now, where ... - AOL

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    Two years after the $20 million removal of the Middle Fork Nooksack dam, salmon have safe passage through the river, but none have been seen — so now local tribes and wildlife officials are ...

  6. Pitlochry fish ladder - Wikipedia

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    The fish ladder in Pitlochry, showing several of the intermediate pools which the salmon use for travelling upstream. The River Tummel can be seen flowing next to it. The Pitlochry fish ladder is a fish ladder next to the Pitlochry Power Station, near Pitlochry , Perth and Kinross , Scotland, which allows salmon to travel upstream during the ...

  7. 'A beautiful thing': Klamath River salmon are spotted far ...

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    The removal of dams on the Klamath River has enabled salmon to swim far upstream to spawn. Wildlife officials have found salmon upstream in Oregon.

  8. Pierce County dam blocks salmon passage. Watch a crew of ...

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    A dull roar of water rushed over the Chambers Creek Dam at low tide Tuesday morning as small groups of fishermen in galoshes waded into the green-brown estuary, hoping to hook salmon.

  9. Colloquialism - Wikipedia

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    The term refers to the language used by people who work in a particular area or who have a common interest. Similar to slang, it is shorthand used to express ideas, people, and things that are frequently discussed between members of a group. Unlike slang, it is often developed deliberately. [16]