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  1. Science Board, Citing Uncertainties, Says Salmon Reintroduction Above Grand Coulee 'Could Be Successful'

    Nov 15, 2019 John Harrison
    Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams block salmon passage to the upper Columbia River. Reintroduction 'could be successful to some extent,' the Council's Independent Scientific Advisory Board said after reviewing a feasibility report by the Upper Columbia United Tribes. The ISAB found the report scientifically credible and urged an early analysis of potential reintroduction costs.

  2. Report Concludes Habitat Above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams Could Support Salmon and Steelhead

    Jun 13, 2019 John Harrison
    The report from the Upper Columbia United Tribes completes the first phase of a three-phase strategy in the Council’s 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program to assess the potential for reintroduction.

  3. Northern Pike Could Be Devastating to Salmon and Steelhead, Scientists Warn in Report on Predation

    May 14, 2019 John Harrison
    Salmon and steelhead populations could collapse if Northern Pike escape Lake Roosevelt and establish downstream.

  4. Council Receives Recommendations to Revise the Fish and Wildlife Program

    Jan 16, 2019 John Harrison
    51 recommendations, 888 pages. The Council has received 51 sets of recommendations in response to its request for revisions t

  5. BPA Identifies First Potential Cuts in Budget for Council's Fish and Wildlife Program

    Jul 16, 2018 John Harrison
    The Bonneville Power Administration is identifying potential cuts in the budget of the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, including so far to water acquisitions and a net-pen salmon production program.

  6. Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment

    May 10, 2018 John Harrison
    Every five years the Council revises its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, beginning with a call for amendment recommendations.

  7. Habitat Potential

    May 1, 2018 John Harrison
    Analysis suggests adequate habitat for salmon and steelhead above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams.

  8. Key Questions for the Next Fish and Wildlife Program

    Oct 11, 2017 John Harrison
    The Council asks the Independent Scientific Advisory Board for advice regarding the next revision of the fish and wildlife program, set to begin next spring.

  9. Program Amendment

    Oct 2, 2017 John Harrison
    It's time to start thinking about the next revision of the Fish and Wildlife Program. A review of the current Program by independent scientists will help inform the direction of that revision.

  10. Council OKs Salmon Habitat Proposal Above Grand Coulee

    Mar 9, 2016 John Harrison
    In a step toward assessing the potential for habitat to support salmon and steelhead above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, the Council voted to support a research proposal by the Spokane Tribe of Indians.

  11. Record Snake River Fall Chinook Egg Nests, Again

    Feb 29, 2016 John Harrison
    In 2015, for the third year in a row, the number of Snake River fall Chinook salmon redds set a record, CRITFC reported this month

  12. The Battle Against Northern Pike Intensifies In Lake Roosevelt

    Nov 18, 2015 John Harrison
    The campaign to halt the proliferation of Northern pike in Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam, is intensifying, state and tribal fish biologists reported to t

  13. Catch and Kill: Trying to Reduce Northern Pike in Lake Roosevelt

    Jun 9, 2015 John Harrison
    Northern pike, a voracious predator, are migrating into the upper Columbia River from the north and east, posing a threat to state and tribal efforts to protect and restore nati

  14. Implementing the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program

    Dec 9, 2014 John Harrison
    In October, the Council approved the latest version of its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, revised every five years. Now the Council is beginning to discuss how

  15. The public weighs in on draft fish and wildlife program

    Jun 20, 2014 John Harrison
    The future management of fish hatcheries, reintroduction of salmon and steelhead above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, and the cost of fish and wildlife mitigation are attr

  16. Snake River fall Chinook make an impressive comeback

    May 9, 2014 John Harrison
    Snake River fall Chinook salmon are making an amazing resurgence. The return of adult fish from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho rivers in 2013 was 75,846 fish. Of these, 20,222 were

  17. Council releases draft 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program for review

    May 7, 2014 John Harrison
    A revision of the largest regional fish and wildlife recovery program in the nation includes actions to improve ecosystem function, protect wild salmon and steelhead, eradicate

  18. Draft 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program is taking shape

    Apr 9, 2014 John Harrison
    At its April meeting, the Council began deliberations on the Draft 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program in preparation for releasing it for 60 days of public comment by the end of the m

  19. Council's fish and wildlife program benefits Oregon chub, proposed for delisting

    Feb 14, 2014 John Harrison
    The Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program has a small but important role in a proposal to remove Oregon chub from the federal endangered species list, the f

  20. Issues For Next Fish And Wildlife Program Include Dams, Hatcheries, Invasive Species

    Dec 18, 2013 John Harrison
    On the Kootenay River, the second powerhouse at Brilliant Dam, left, was built to accommodate a fish ladder. The dam is near the confluence with the Columbia at Castlegar, Brit

  21. Protected areas draw interest in Fish and Wildlife Program review

    Oct 8, 2013 John Harrison
    The protected areas rule in the fish and wildlife program prohibits new hydropower dams in order to protect fish, wildlife and habitat.  This is a salmon-bearing tributary of

  22. 2013: A record year for fall Chinook

    Sep 27, 2013 John Harrison
         Historic fall Chinook run returns to Columbia River             Fall Chinook salmon are returning to the Columbia River this year and crossi

  23. Recommendations pour in to amend fish and wildlife program

    Sep 24, 2013 John Harrison
    These sockeye salmon have returned to Redfish Lake in Idaho to spawn, produced and supported through a project in the Council's fish and wildlire program. The Northwest Power a

  24. Fall Chinook salmon run is historic

    Sep 23, 2013 John Harrison
    Salmon crowd the fish ladder on the Washington side of Bonneville Dam, Sept. 21, 2013 Fall Chinook salmon are returning to the Columbia River this year and crossing Bonneville

  25. Council recommends continued funding of Lake Roosevelt kokanee production

    Sep 11, 2013 John Harrison
    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 Roosevel
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