Race to Stop Spread of Invasive Northern Pike in Lake Roosevelt
- July 14, 2017
- John Harrison
Research shows pike have invaded the Colville and Kettle rivers, but not tributaries farther downstream. So far.
Category – Fish and wildlife
Reconnecting a River
- July 13, 2017
- John Harrison
Steigerwald Lake floodplain reconnection will improve habitat for migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead.
Recovering Chum Salmon
- July 13, 2017
- John Harrison
Chum salmon runs, once plentiful in the lower Columbia River, declined by about 99 percent over time but now are slowly rebuilding.
Research Revision
- June 15, 2017
- John Harrison
By focusing research, the Council will make better-informed decisions about projects that address the most important issues in fish and wildlife recovery.
Sturgeon Research
- June 15, 2017
- John Harrison
Increased funding aims to improve knowledge of the ancient, little-understood Columbia River White Sturgeon
Wildlife Haven
- June 13, 2017
- John Harrison
In the central Willamette Valley of Oregon, a conservation easement retired farming and is rapidly evolving ideal wildlife habitat
More Sea Lions, Fewer Fish
- June 09, 2017
- John Harrison
More sea lions and fewer spring Chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam this year was not good news for the fish.
Northwest Power Supply Should Be Adequate Through 2021
- June 09, 2017
- Carol Winkel
Supply should be adequate through 2020, but the region will need to add new capacity by 2021 to maintain adequacy.
The Colville Tribes celebrate the arrival of the first salmon
- May 26, 2017
- Laura Robinson
On May 19 the Colville Tribes hosted their annual First Salmon Ceremony at the Chief Joseph Hatchery, where the ceremony has been held since 2013.
U.S. Court Of Appeals rules for the Council in lawsuit over the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program
- May 23, 2017
- John Harrison
On July 19, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum opinion rejecting all arguments made by petitioner Northwest Resource Information Center (NRIC) against the Council's decision to approve the 2014 Columbia
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