steelhead
noun
steel·head
ˈstēl-ˌhed 
plural steelhead also steelheads
: an anadromous rainbow trout
called also steelhead trout
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Some officials and environmentalists objected that the new rules would increase the chances that salmon, smelt and steelhead would go extinct, according to Cal Matters.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
The number of salmon and steelhead returning to the Columbia River Basin to spawn remained flat over the last decade at an average of 2.3 million — above the dismal counts in the 1990s, but still below official goals of roughly 5 million fish.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
The fires have been lousy for wildlife as well as humans:
Biologists were forced to rescue hundreds of endangered steelhead trout from the Santa Monica Mountains, before a storm arrived to bury them in a post-fire slurry of mud.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Agricultural industry leaders in the San Joaquin Valley often blame insufficient supplies on environmental regulations that prioritize habitat protections for endangered species like the delta smelt, salmon, steelhead trout and sturgeon — especially during drought.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
The number of salmon and steelhead returning to the Columbia River Basin to spawn remained flat over the last decade at an average of 2.3 million — above the dismal counts in the 1990s, but still below official goals of roughly 5 million fish.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
The fires have been lousy for wildlife as well as humans:
Biologists were forced to rescue hundreds of endangered steelhead trout from the Santa Monica Mountains, before a storm arrived to bury them in a post-fire slurry of mud.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Agricultural industry leaders in the San Joaquin Valley often blame insufficient supplies on environmental regulations that prioritize habitat protections for endangered species like the delta smelt, salmon, steelhead trout and sturgeon — especially during drought.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Steelhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelhead. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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steelhead
noun
steel·head
ˈstē(ə)l-ˌhed
plural steelhead also steelheads
: a rainbow trout that migrates to the sea to mature and returns to rivers to breed
called also steelhead trout
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