OLYMPIA (AP) — Up to 2.75 million fall chinook salmon fry are headed to the Minter Creek Hatchery in Pierce County in an effort to replace salmon lost during a Dec. 14 power outage.

Washington Fish and Wildlife received approval Friday from NOAA Fisheries to use excess chinook from six other hatcheries for release from Minter Creek and Tumwater Falls next May and June.

Several tribal co-managers have agreed to the transfer.

Susewind says it won’t replace the salmon they lost, but it helps.

They estimate 6.2 million chinook fry were lost when a windstorm knocked out power to the Minter Creek Hatchery.

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