Report: Mid-Columbia Utilities are Meeting Salmon and Steelhead Mitigation Requirements for Dam Impacts
- February 12, 2021
- John Harrison
Three utilities report they are meeting or exceeding mitigation goals.
Category – Fish and wildlife
Project Improves Habitat and River Conditions for Fish in Upper Grande Ronde River
- February 12, 2021
- John Harrison
A project to restore floodplain habitat is paying off with improved flows, decreased bank erosion, improved water temperatures, and increased production of wild juvenile salmon.
New Website Explores the Role of Hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest
- February 01, 2021
- Carol Winkel
The Council, in partnership with the region’s fish and wildlife managers, is unveiling a new website about the region’s hatcheries, their historical beginnings, how science has informed their evolution, and the status of hatcheries throughout the Columbia River Basin.
Smaller Adults, Lots of Minijacks: NOAA Research Aims to Inform Hatchery Managers
- January 05, 2021
- John Harrison
Pacific salmon from Alaska to California are declining in abundance and maturing younger. Can anything be done to reverse this trend?
2019-2021 Spill Agreement for Dams Was Successful, Agencies and Tribes Say
- January 04, 2021
- John Harrison
The 2019-2021 Flexible Spill Agreement called for increased spill to aid juvenile passage when power prices are low and reduced spill to allow additional power generation when prices are higher.
Council Approves Tribes' Hatchery Master Plan for Yakima River Coho and Chinook Salmon
- January 04, 2021
- John Harrison
The plan calls for upgrading production facilities for coho and Chinook salmon with the goal of making the Yakima River the salmon 'workhorse' it once was, in the words of one Yakama Nation Fisheries scientist.
Clean air, affordable power and environmental mitigation: Northwest Power Act turns 40
- December 16, 2020
Four decades ago, legislators and policymakers in the Pacific Northwest took a revolutionary leap of faith, writing a law that changed the direction of the region's energy future and made fish and wildlife co-equal with other purposes of hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin.
Innovative Water Agreement Is Helping Restore Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout In The Teton River
- November 23, 2020
- John Harrison
An unusual partnership among conservationists, farmers, and government agencies that allows irrigation diversions to leak into the ground for several months of the year is having a positive benefit for the iconic species.
Science Panel Finds Annual Salmon Survival Report Dense But Useful, Recommends Report of Key Messages
- November 09, 2020
- John Harrison
ISAB says draft 2020 Comparative Survival Study is a wealth of information, but policymakers would benefit from a condensation of its conclusions.
Modelling Shows Upper Columbia Spring Chinook Remain Among Most “At-Risk”
- October 19, 2020
- John Harrison
Life cycle modelling using PIT tag data shows the fish remain at critically low numbers despite recovery effort.
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