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  1. Registration Opens For September International Columbia River Conference

    Mar 14, 2019
    The conference in Kimberley, British Columbia, will address key issues including the Columbia River Treaty and climate change, and is being co-hosted by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

  2. Ocean Predators

    Jan 16, 2018 John Harrison
    Predation in the ocean kills more Columbia River salmon than does fishing, research shows.

  3. What's Old May Be New Again

    Dec 13, 2017 John Harrison
    Fishing with a trap may be an effective way to separate hatchery from wild fish. Illegal since 1934, might this old technology be made new again?

  4. Toxic Habitat

    Aug 18, 2017 John Harrison
    Toxic contaminants pollute water and fish habitat, but research is showing not only where the pollution is and what chemicals cause it, but also how to control it--often inexpensively

  5. Low Fish Returns? Blame the Blob

    Aug 17, 2017 John Harrison
    Northwest fishery managers point to recent warm ocean conditions as the possible cause of this year's disappointing steelhead and sockeye runs in the Columbia River

  6. Sea Lion Fish Feast

    Mar 1, 2017 John Harrison
    The number of salmon and steelhead consumed by sea lions at Bonneville Dam last year, more than 9,500 fish, was the second-largest since observations and monitoring began in 2002, according to a report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. During their annual spring foray into the Columbia River, sea lions also killed lamprey and sturgeon.

  7. Cool Relief

    Sep 15, 2016 John Harrison
    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.

  8. Cold-water Species In A Warming Climate

    Aug 12, 2016 John Harrison
    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.

  9. Fish And Warm Water Don't Mix

    Jun 20, 2016 John Harrison
    Fish managers and dam operators in the Columbia River Basin are ready to respond if water temperatures rise to lethal levels, as they did in the summer of 2015.

  10. Hatcheries and Wild Salmon: Results From Nearly 30 Years of Study

    May 10, 2016 John Harrison
    Researchers in Idaho find hatcheries can help stabilize a declining salmon population, but not permanently.

  11. Wild fish: Some frustration, some optimism

    Apr 6, 2016 John Harrison
    Northwest state fish managers are both frustrated and optimistic about wild fish returns to the Columbia River. It depends on the species.

  12. Warm Water Wreaks Havoc on Columbia River Fish

    Aug 12, 2015 John Harrison
    Six words describe the state of the Columbia River in 2015 for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon: Too hot, too early, too long. The unusually warm June and July raised Columbia Ri

  13. Warm Water Blamed for Huge Columbia River Sockeye Die-off

    Jul 31, 2015 John Harrison
    Federal and state fisheries biologists say more than a quarter million Columbia River sockeye salmon have died in the river and its tributaries this summer as the result of unus

  14. Revised Fish and Wildlife Program Focuses on Ecosystems and Wild Fish

    Oct 8, 2014 John Harrison
    Restoring ecosystems and wild fish throughout the Columbia River Basin is a major theme of the latest Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, which the Council approved

  15. A controversy for the Council: Hatchery impacts on wild fish

    Nov 14, 2013 Carol Winkel
    Wiers like this at the outlet of Redfish Lake in central Idaho help biologists sort wild and hatchery fish. Like the proverbial elephant in the room, the future role of salmon

  16. BC seeks comments on draft Columbia River Treaty recommendations

    Oct 22, 2013 John Harrison
    Bill Bennett This past weekend at the annual symposium of British Columbia’s Columbia Basin Trust, which focused on community change through collaborative action, Bill Bennet

  17. California Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam Aren't the Problem

    Mar 22, 2012 Carol Winkel
    There's a common perception that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to allow Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to kill California sea lions at Bonnevil

  18. Revisiting the Columbia River Treaty

    Feb 24, 2011 Carol Winkel
    In the upcoming Council Quarterly, we interview Stephen R. Oliver, vice president of generation asset management for the Bonneville Power Administration and the co-coordinator of the U.S. Entity for

  19. Interest grows in future dam operations as Columbia River Treaty deadline approaches

    Nov 10, 2010 John Harrison
    Electric utilities, academics, tribes, and government agencies in the United States and Canada are beginning to think about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, the 1964 agreement between the two
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