RONALD, Wash. -- An opportunity to watch spring chinook salmon spawning in the Cle Elum River is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

Conducted by the Yakima Basin Environmental Education Program, the viewing also includes a presentation by fisheries biologist Bob Tuck about salmon life history and behavior.

The salmon viewing trail is handicapped accessible and the event is free.

The site is northwest of Ronald in Kittitas County.

Participants should drive through Ronald on the Salmon La Sac Highway, turn left onto Lake Cle Elum Dam/Lake Cabins Road, about two miles outside Ronald. Drive southwest on the Lake Cle Elum Dam/Lake Cabins Road less than a mile and follow signs to the viewing trail.

More information is available by calling the Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group at 509-281-1311.