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Invasive Mussels Discovered in Montana, Governor Declares Statewide Natural Resource Emergency

December 05, 2016
Carol Winkel

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Montana Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order on November 30 declaring a statewide natural resource emergency for due to the detection invasive aquatic mussel larvae

Moving Fish Over High Dams

November 16, 2016
John Harrison

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In response to a strategy in the Council's 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, a paper by the Council's staff reviews ways that fish are moved past tall or "high head" dams. The paper uses examples of fish passage at dams in the Northwest and elsewhere.

The Blob Is Back

October 11, 2016
John Harrison

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Scientists are working to understand how The Blob — unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean — is affecting species at virtually every level of the food chain, including Columbia River salmon.

Fun With Sturgeon

September 20, 2016
John Harrison

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Sturgeon, giants of the Columbia River system, were the focus of an annual festival sponsored by the city of Vancouver, Washington. The Council invited children and adults to learn more about Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife.

Cool Relief

September 15, 2016
John Harrison

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The summer of 2016 was not the disaster for summer-migrating salmon that 2015 was, thanks to effective collaboration among dam and fish managers, cooperative weather, and dam-passage improvements that cooled water in fish ladders on the Snake River.

Upper Columbia Salmon Habitat

September 14, 2016
John Harrison

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An assessment of potential salmon habitat will help inform a future decision about whether and where to reintroduce ocean-going fish to the area above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, which has been blocked to salmon for more than 70 years.

The Invasion Strengthens

September 13, 2016
John Harrison

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Researchers have documented an increase in juvenile northern pike in Lake Roosevelt. This is not good news.

Cold-water Species In A Warming Climate

August 12, 2016
John Harrison

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A warming climate, habitat degradation, and predation by an introduced species threaten native bull trout in Montana, but a joint effort involving Montana, the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and an an international agreement with British Columbia aims to protect and restore the cold-water species.

Cold Water Refuge

August 11, 2016
John Harrison

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Like people seeking shade outside on a hot day, salmon and steelhead look for pockets of cold water as they migrate home from the ocean to spawn, a search that will become increasingly important, and perhaps more difficult, as the climate warms.

Salmon Smorgasbord

July 14, 2016
John Harrison

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Ongoing research, recently wrapped up for this year, shows seals and sea lions continue to feast on Columbia River spring Chinook.

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