chinook

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Federal scientists call the Sacramento River’s winter-run Chinook salmon “one of the most at-risk endangered species.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

We’re not like the Chinook salmon that seek out upriver spawning zones or feline species that go into heat each spring and summer.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

A twin-prop Chinook helicopter shatters the calm of the Dutch countryside, hovering just metres from a canal before dumping four huge sandbags into the water: welcome to Operation Cloudburst.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand