It is the last fish run of a season that begins in the spring with reds, or sockeye salmon.

These species are most visible during fish runs.

He got the state and Federal governments to agree to protect certain fish runs.

But commercial fishing, once a thriving industry, has all but disappeared and will not return in a big way until the fish runs are restored.

"Urban people deserve anadromous fish runs, too," he said.

The owners of Edwards Dam say they are not persuaded that fish runs can be returned if the river is allowed to run free.

And we should go down to the river and see if the early fish runs have begun yet.

But he says something is missing: the great fish runs of his youth.

As fish runs continued to diminish, the state legislature closed the river to commercial fishing in 1935.

As a result, it lacks anadromous fish runs.