North Santiam Fish Counts

Upper and Lower Bennett Dams
Upper and Lower Bennett Dams are located southeast of the town of Stayton on the North Santiam River. Upper Bennett Dam is on the south side of Stayton Island and Lower Bennett Dam is on the north side. Fish passage structures and video cameras are installed at each dam. Review of the video feed allows an ODFW employee to counts the number and species of fish making their way upstream.

Fish Counts - 1/1/14 through 6/21/14

SPECIES	UPPER BENNETT	LOWER BENNETT	TOTAL
Summer Steelhead	1240	437	1677
Winner Steelhead	770	105	875
Unknown Steelhead	31	3	34
Total Steelhead	2014	545	2586
Spring Chinook -- ad clipped	2521	209	2730
Spring Chinook -- Unmarked	808	96	904
Spring Chinook -- jacks	40	10	50
Spring Chinook -- unknown mark	1	1	2
Spring Chinook -- Total	3370	316	3686
Lamprey	245	0	245
Coho	1	0	1