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  1. Upper Columbia Tribes Gather Experts To Strategize About Accelerating The Attack On Northern Pike

    Feb 19, 2021 John Harrison
    The problem of invasive Northern Pike in the Columbia River Basin is one of those problems that is someone else’s until it becomes yours.

  2. Draft 2020 Addendum to the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    May 18, 2020 John Harrison
    The geographic scope of the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program is vast, from the Pacific Ocean to the mountains and plains of eastern Washington, northern and northeastern Oregon, most of Idaho, and a portion of western Montana.

  3. Washington And Partners Use Early-detection Monitoring To Locate And Control Invasive Aquatic Species

    Oct 22, 2019 John Harrison
    Washington state is watching carefully for signs that invasive species like Northern Pike and zebra and quagga mussels don’t expand (pike) or take hold (mussels) in the state.

  4. Montana, Tribes Seek Partners to Help in Fight Against Invasive Freshwater Mussels

    Jul 23, 2019 John Harrison
    Accelerated effort would include longer hours for boat inspection stations and additional funding.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. As More States Become Eligible, Competition For Funding For Invasive Mussel Watercraft Inspections Could Increase

    Mar 8, 2019 John Harrison
    While federal funding to inspect watercraft entering the four Northwest states is secure for 2019, beginning in 2020 a dozen more states will be eligible.

  8. Council Seeks Comments On Recommendations To Amend The Columbia River Basin Fish And Wildlife Program

    Dec 17, 2018 John Harrison
    By the December 13 deadline, the Council received 51 sets of recommendations.

  9. Cost Savings

    Nov 9, 2017 John Harrison
    Fish and wildlife project savings will be redirected, saving money and protecting ratepayers from higher costs.

  10. 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.

  11. Fish Head Bounty

    Mar 24, 2017 John Harrison
    Northern pike, a voracious predator, are continuing to invade Lake Roosevelt, imperiling other fish species. There is a $10 per fish bounty to get them out of the lake.

  12. Mussel Strategy

    Jan 23, 2017 John Harrison
    Non-native, invasive freshwater mussels pose "a grave threat to the waters and economic resources" of the state, Governor Steve Bullock said last fall, and now the state has a plan to respond quickly if and when the invaders take hold.

  13. Mussel Alert

    Dec 16, 2016 John Harrison
    Zebra and quagga mussel larvae discovered in several Montana water bodies in November prompted a defensive action to keep the damaging species from invading other Northwest water bodies. Federal money is on the way to help the fight.

  14. Invasive Mussels Discovered in Montana, Governor Declares Statewide Natural Resource Emergency

    Dec 5, 2016 Carol Winkel
    Montana Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order on November 30 declaring a statewide natural resource emergency for due to the detection invasive aquatic mussel larvae

  15. The Invasion Strengthens

    Sep 13, 2016 John Harrison
    Researchers have documented an increase in juvenile northern pike in Lake Roosevelt. This is not good news.

  16. Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in the Columbia River

    Dec 17, 2015 Carol Winkel
    Washington State University and the Columbia River Research Lab presented research on Asian copepods, and reviewed a project to enhance the region's ability to detect, and prevent the spread of, invasive quagga and zebra mussels.

  17. 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

  18. Genetics Analysis Can Help Detect Early Presence of Invasive Freshwater Mussels

    Aug 25, 2015 John Harrison
    Scientists at the University of Montana are perfecting a technique to detect the presence of invasive freshwater mussels long before they form massive colonies that can clog wat

  19. 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

  20. Spring Chinook Crowd the Fish Ladders at Bonneville Dam

    Apr 30, 2015 John Harrison
    An avalanche of spring Chinook hit Bonneville Dam in late April and early May, then tapered off into the middle of the month. Bonneville, 146 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean

  21. Building a 'perimeter defense' against invasive mussels in the Northwest

    Jan 15, 2015 John Harrison
    For the last decade or so, the region has worked to prevent the introduction of invasive quagga and zebra mussels to Pacific Northwest waters. The mussels have contaminated wate

  22. Northwest continues to prepare in the event invasive mussels arrive

    Mar 14, 2014 John Harrison
    If the best offense is a good defense, the Northwest is well on its way toward being ready in the event invasive freshwater mussels take hold in the Columbia River Basin, as the

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. A brief overview of recommendations to amend the fish and wildlife program

    Oct 8, 2013 John Harrison
    Here’s a quick overview of the more than 450 recommendations the Council received to amend the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, arranged under the ‘Four Hsâ€
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