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As Summers Heat Up, a Plan to Provide Cold-Water Refuges for Fish in the Columbia and Lower Snake Rivers is Ready to Be Implemented

October 20, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Summers in the Northwest have been getting hotter over time; combined with dam impoundments, this is bad news for migrating salmon and steelhead.

Pacific Lamprey

September 23, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Pacific Lamprey, prized by Northwest tribes along with salmon, are considered an important species in the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, which calls for action to improve lamprey migration success, survival, and growth.

Soil and Water Conservation Districts Play a Vital Role

August 16, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Soil and Water Conservation Districts throughout the basin play a critical role in gaining the support of private landowners to implement habitat projects on their properties.

Cost Saving Funds Will Benefit Program Hatcheries, Fish Screen Projects

August 16, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Hatcheries and fish screen projects will be receiving $450,000 from the cost savings placeholder.

Anadromous Fish Habitat and Hatchery Project Review Completes Category Review Cycle

August 16, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Projects in this category review include hatchery operation and maintenance, fish screen operation and maintenance, habitat restoration, and monitoring and evaluation.

Extreme Heat Prompts Emergency Measures to Aid Fish

July 19, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Record-breaking temperatures scorched the Pacific Northwest in June as a heat dome settled over the region. While heat domes aren’t unusual, the magnitude and intensity of this one caused temperatures to spike well into the triple digits from Vancouver, Canada to Portland.

Measuring Impact

July 19, 2021
Carol Winkel

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“We’re trying to do something we’ve never done before,” said Fish and Wildlife Director Patty O’Toole. “We’re trying to provide a more comprehensive and wholistic understanding of how the entire program is working.”

Restoring Hard-to-reach Streams in the Yakima Basin

May 11, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Sometimes, habitat restoration is as simple as putting back what you took away. For years, it was common practice to remove woody material from streams to increase river flows for human purposes—moving logs and irrigating crops, for example.

Council Approves Funding for Hatcheries and Fish Screens

May 11, 2021
Carol Winkel

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The Council approved maintenance funding for a select number of hatcheries and fish screens, addressing non-routine maintenance at the Lake Roosevelt, Umatilla, and Eagle hatcheries, and fish screens in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Kokanee Rebound in Lake Pend Oreille

April 13, 2021
Carol Winkel

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Lake Pend Oreille fishing has never been better, thanks to Idaho's successful predator management.

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