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    The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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  1. Innovative Water Agreement Is Helping Restore Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout In The Teton River

    Nov 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.

  2. Council Approves $500,000 for Fish Screen and Hatchery Maintenance

    Jun 18, 2020 John Harrison
    The expenditure is for work outside routine maintenance needs and comes partly from savings in other projects in the Council's fish and wildlife program.

  3. Ceremony Honors Groundbreaking For Umatilla Tribes' Long Awaited Walla Walla Salmon Hatchery

    Jan 13, 2020 John Harrison
    Planning that began in the late 1980s finally is over and construction can begin on a spring Chinook hatchery on the South Fork Walla Walla River that will be operated by the Umatilla Tribe.

  4. New Collection Facility Improves Passage for Salmon and Steelhead on Oregon's North Fork Santiam River

    Sep 24, 2019 John Harrison
    Hatchery fish are collected, and wild fish are released in an effort to help rebuild threatened species of Willamette River Chinook and winter steelhead

  5. 'Habitat Superheroes' To The Rescue

    Oct 12, 2018 John Harrison
    Beavers provide a low-cost, low-tech method to restore habitat for fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species.

  6. 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

  7. Research Revision

    Jun 15, 2017 John Harrison
    By focusing research, the Council will make better-informed decisions about projects that address the most important issues in fish and wildlife recovery.

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. In a Bad Year for Sockeye Salmon, Rescue Effort in the Snake River Continues

    Sep 15, 2015 John Harrison
    Here, Dan Baker, manager of the Eagle Hatchery, describes captive Snake River sockeye in a tank at the facility. From the brink of extinction, the world’s longest-migrating,

  11. Spokane Tribal Hatchery Audit Will Be a Template for Others

    Jul 16, 2015 John Harrison
    A recent assessment of the Spokane Tribal Hatchery, which raises trout and kokanee for release into Lake Roosevelt behind Grand Coulee Dam, will serve as a template for similar

  12. Delta Project Will Restore Habitat, Prevent Erosion In Lake Pend Oreille

    Jun 9, 2015 John Harrison
    The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is working to protect the Clark Fork River Delta, an important riparian and wetland habitat for fish and birds in Lake Pend Oreille,

  13. BPA, Idaho sign agreement to benefit wildlife and habitat

    Sep 16, 2014 John Harrison
    The State of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have agreed on a 10-year mitigation program that would resolve Idaho’s share of the impacts of Federal Columbia Rive

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Council approves first step toward new Walla Walla Spring Chinook hatchery

    Oct 8, 2013 John Harrison
    After approving the first step toward a new hatchery for Walla Walla River spring Chinook, Council members pose with N. Kathryn Brigham, a member of the Board of Trustees of th

  18. Tagging Sturgeon in Astoria

    Aug 22, 2013 Carol Winkel
    The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with other state and tribal partners, capture and tag sturgeon to assess the population and distribution of white sturgeon in

  19. Habitat Tours Focus on Results

    May 31, 2013 Carol Winkel
    Meacham Creek in the Umatilla River Basin, northeast Oregon  This spring, Council staff and members of its Independent Scientific Review Panel toured a number fish and wildli

  20. New hatchery will boost production of iconic Snake River sockeye salmon

    Jun 19, 2012 John Harrison
    The Council has recommended construction of a new hatchery to boost production of Snake River sockeye salmon, an endangered species, and continue a long-term effort to rebuild the population to natura

  21. Protected Areas: Preserving the Best Remaining Habitat

    Jul 9, 2010 Carol Winkel
    Several weeks ago, a couple of thought-provoking stories came out: Paul Greenberg's Tuna's End in the New York Times and Adam Frank's Inventing the Fish: Science and the Collapse of Ecologies on NPR.
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