Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead - 2005 Forecasts and 2004 Returns
February 10, 2005

Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead - 2005 Forecasts and 2004 Returns
Run	2005 Forecast	2005 Comments	2004
			Preseason Forecast	Actual Return
Spring Chinook
Willamette	116,900	Good, fifth largest since 1990	109,400	143,700
Sandy	7,400	Good, third largest since 1980	5,200	13,400
Cowlitz	12,700 (12,000)	Good, near the recent 5-year average	15,900	16,700
Kalama	4,500	Good, greater than recent 5-year average (3,000)	6,000	4,600
Lewis	7,600	Continued improvement since lows in late 1990's	5,400	11,100
Select Area	10,200	Good, third highest since 1992	7,200-8,200	10,300
Upriver Spring (Includes Snake River Summer Chinook)
Total Run	254,100	Good, third largest in the database (1979)		221,600
Snake River wild	23,400	Continued improvement since lows in late 1990's	46,200	32,900
Upper Columbia wild	6,200	Twice the size of the 2004 return, 2nd largest since 1990	3,400	3,100
Summer Chinook
Upper Columbia	62,400	Good, fourth largest since 1979	69,100	65,200
Sockeye
Upriver	70,700	Improved significantly over late 1990's returns	80,700	124,000
Snake River	66	Poor, mostly returns from captive brood	154	120
Steelhead
Wild Winter	27,000	Similar to 2002-2004 returns	32,200	33,900
Skamania Index	NA		18,300	21,000
Group A Index	NA		306,600	254,800
Group B Index	NA		63,200	33,200
Total Upriver Index	NA		388,100	309,000