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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. Canadian Columbia Basin Glaciers are Shrinking

    Aug 4, 2020 John Harrison
    Five years of research shows the warming climate is causing glaciers to retreat. There are implications for the Columbia River water supply.

  2. 'Sherman's Lagoon' Brings Salmon-Eating Sea Lions In The Columbia River To A World-wide Audience

    Apr 21, 2020 John Harrison
    In 'Sherman's Lagoon,' Filmore declares 'We need to help the seals and sea lions in the Columbia River."

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. New Fish, Old Story

    Mar 15, 2018 John Harrison
    2018 salmon and steelhead returns to the Columbia River are forecast below average, again.

  6. Wildlife Help

    Feb 14, 2018 John Harrison
    Idaho, Bonneville Power Administration agree to settlement of wildlife impacts of Albeni Falls Dam.

  7. Lingering Blob

    Jan 17, 2018 John Harrison
    Different species of salmon go to different places in the ocean, but all were affected by The Blob, whose effects linger a year after it disappeared.

  8. Reconnecting a River

    Jul 13, 2017 John Harrison
    Steigerwald Lake floodplain reconnection will improve habitat for migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead.

  9. 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.

  10. Wildlife Haven

    Jun 13, 2017 John Harrison
    In the central Willamette Valley of Oregon, a conservation easement retired farming and is rapidly evolving ideal wildlife habitat

  11. More Sea Lions, Fewer Fish

    Jun 9, 2017 John Harrison
    More sea lions and fewer spring Chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam this year was not good news for the fish.

  12. U.S. Court Of Appeals rules for the Council in lawsuit over the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program

    May 23, 2017 John Harrison
    On July 19, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum opinion rejecting all arguments made by petitioner Northwest Resource Inf

  13. 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.

  14. Old Door, New Opening

    Oct 6, 2016 John Harrison
    An old irrigation diversion in the Lostine River is replaced with a modern design, opening access to habitat for spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout and other species.

  15. 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.

  16. High School Students Debate Salmon Reintroduction

    Mar 9, 2016 John Harrison
    The Reardan, Washington, High School Agricultural Issues team debated reintroduction of salmon above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams before the Council on March 8.

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. NOAA Fisheries Will Investigate Salmon Reintroduction Into Blocked Areas

    Jun 2, 2015 John Harrison
    In a warming world, climate change will alter lowland salmon habitat, encouraging fish to spawn in higher elevations, and so reintroducing salmon into higher-elevation habitat where their passage is

  20. Seals and Sea Lions Are Following Fish Into the Columbia River

    Mar 16, 2015 John Harrison
    An aerial survey by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in February counted more than 6,000 seals and 1,600 sea lions in the Astoria area, according to a report in Th

  21. Upper Columbia tribes draft work plan for salmon reintroduction

    Jan 16, 2015 John Harrison
    The Spokane-based Upper Columbia United Tribes organization (UCUT) is seeking comments on its draft work plan to study the feasibility of reintroducing salmon and steelhead to a

  22. Sea lion numbers are increasing, and so is predation on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River

    Jan 15, 2015 John Harrison
      The number of sea lions in the lower Columbia River is increasing every year, and so is predation by sea lions on salmon and steelhead. Information presented to the Council t

  23. Salmon returns to the Columbia River are strong in 2014

    Sep 16, 2014 John Harrison
    Coho, fall Chinook, and sockeye salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Columbia River in record or near-record numbers this year. The daily count of fall Chinook on Septe

  24. 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

  25. Idaho, BPA propose wildlife settlement agreement

    Aug 7, 2014 John Harrison
    The state of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have reached a tentative agreement on a 10-year mitigation program that would resolve issues about the effects of fede
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