Category – Fish and wildlife

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The number of adult salmon counted crossing Bonneville Dam in 2013 topped 1 million fish yesterday, September 24, a great accomplishment. Eighty-two percent of those 1,006,619 fish (830,177) were fall Chinook, the biggest run of fall Chinook counted at Bonneville

On September 18, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the Council’s consideration of fish and wildlife interests in developing its Sixth Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan in 2010. The ruling came

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The Northwest Power and Conservation Council approved a proposal by the Spokane Tribe of Indians to continue producing kokanee -- freshwater sockeye salmon -- and releasing the fish into Lake Roosevelt behind Grand Coulee Dam. Kokanee provide a culturally important

<ombumedia data-ombumedia="{"fid":"14936","link":"","link_options":0,"position":"default","view_mode":"full","title":"CRITFCCommissionMeetingNotes_Final.pdf","type":"image"}"></ombumedia>The Northwest Power and Conservation Council Members were asked to join the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) Commissioners Meeting in July 2013. Notes were taken of the meeting discussion. A follow-up meeting is planned for the Fall.