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Fast Facts
- Number of days Corps of Discovery spent on Oregon coast during winter of 1805-06: 129
- Days it did not rain: 12
- Days of sunshine: 6
- Pairs of moccasins expedition members sewed that winter: 338
- Estimated number of Columbia River salmon and steelhead returning annually to spawn attime of Lewis and Clark: 16 million
- Annual average over past 25 years, counted at Bonneville Dam: 660,000
- High (2001): 1.8 million
- Low (1994): 403,166
- Number of federalagencies involved in Columbia River salmon restoration and recovery: 11
- Amount they spent on salmon programs between 1982 and 1996: $1.8 billion
- Amount they spent between 1997 and 2001: $1.5 billion
- Number of committees, task forces and other groups involved in salmon recovery: 65
- Number of distinct salmon populations on West Coast: 214
- Number considered at high risk of extinction: 101
- Number of those in Columbia Riversystem: 76
Sources: "The Journals of Patrick Gass, Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition"; General Accounting Office; American Fisheries Society
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