We finally made it out to McClane Forest yesterday, and I am really glad we did. The Chum salmon are still running, and the creek is 3 times the size it was during our last visit. There was a Salmon Steward there answering questions, and the whole park was hopping.

We didn't get to see any active spawning, but we did see the salmon hanging out in the overhang in the picture. There was one who seemed to have already spawned, and who was guarding her eggs. We learned that the females have a horizontal line on them, and the males have the vertical lines along their sides. Also, the white patches on the salmon are a type of harmless fungus that grows on them once they hit fresh water & stop eating. We saw quite a few dead salmon, too, done with their biological imperative & now providing others with nutrients. The forest was full of the sound of water, and it was a beautiful day to be out in it.