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  1. Columbia River Estuary Projects Are Improving Habitat For Migrating Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead

    Mar 20, 2020 John Harrison
    More than 14,000 acres of floodplain have been opened, including 500 acres in 2019 alone.

  2. Fish and Wildlife Program Cost Savings Help Pay For Fish Screen Repairs

    Nov 15, 2019 John Harrison
    Submerged for nearly 30 years, an irrigation canal's fish screens needed major repairs. Cost savings from projects in the Council's program paid for the work.

  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. Sea Lions and Salmon

    Dec 11, 2017 John Harrison
    Sea lions continue to feast on Columbia River spring Chinook, this year killing 24 percent of an already depressed run, research suggests.

  5. Estuary Restoration

    Oct 31, 2017 John Harrison
    Scientists are working to better understand what and where juvenile salmon eat in the Columbia River estuary, and whether survival is affected by the numbers, or density, of fish.

  6. Vanished Salmon

    Oct 31, 2017 John Harrison
    A June survey of the near-shore ocean off the mouth of the Columbia River found almost no juvenile salmon, despite normal abundance in the river. Why?

  7. Threat to Steelhead

    Sep 19, 2017 John Harrison
    Wild Willamette winter steelhead, already at low numbers, face a new and growing threat: Sea lions.

  8. Recovering Chum Salmon

    Jul 13, 2017 John Harrison
    Chum salmon runs, once plentiful in the lower Columbia River, declined by about 99 percent over time but now are slowly rebuilding.

  9. Upper Columbia Salmon Habitat

    Sep 14, 2016 John Harrison
    An assessment of potential salmon habitat will help inform a future decision about whether and where to reintroduce ocean-going fish to the area above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, which has been blocked to salmon for more than 70 years.

  10. 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.

  11. Salmon Smorgasbord

    Jul 14, 2016 John Harrison
    Ongoing research, recently wrapped up for this year, shows seals and sea lions continue to feast on Columbia River spring Chinook.

  12. 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.

  13. Hot River, Dead Salmon, Lessons Learned

    Apr 15, 2016 John Harrison
    The summer of 2015 turned brutally hot for salmon in the Columbia River. Dam and fish managers report on how last year's experience will help them prepare for future temperature emergencies.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Warm ocean, small salmon: Why?

    Mar 7, 2016 John Harrison
    Scientists who study the northern Pacific Ocean are finding some disturbing, if not alarming trends: the ocean has been warming for several years; salmon sampled in 2015 from Al

  17. Research: Water Chemistry, Internal 'GPS' Are Key to Salmon Homing Instinct

    Jan 12, 2016 John Harrison
    Salmon migrate to the ocean, live there for years, then find their way home to exactly where they were born. How do they do that?

  18. Climate Change Emphasizes Importance of Cold-Water Habitats for Fish

    Dec 23, 2015 John Harrison
    Changes could threaten aquatic ecosystems, alter key habitat conditions for salmon and other cold water species and, potentially, warm water to lethal temperatures for fish.

  19. Scientist: Begin Preparing Now For Climate Change Impacts Along The Lower Columbia River

    Oct 16, 2015 John Harrison
    As the climate warms and polar ice continues to melt, sea levels will rise and estuary shorelines, including those along the lower Columbia River, will be inundated. Whether tha

  20. After 87 Years, Salmon Return to the Shoshone-Paiute Reservation

    Sep 10, 2015 John Harrison
    This summer, for the first time since 1928, salmon swam in the Owyhee River on the Duck Valley Reservation of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, and tribal members fished for them –

  21. 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

  22. Fish Managers Expect Another Good Salmon and Steelhead Return in 2015

    Mar 13, 2015 John Harrison
    Columbia River salmon runs should top 2 million fish again in 2015, continuing a trend of record or near-record runs over last decade compared to runs in the 1990s, fish manager

  23. Big Salmon Runs Today – What about the Future?

    Mar 13, 2015 John Harrison
    2014 was a record year for salmon in the Columbia River. More salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean and were counted crossing Bonneville Dam, 146 miles inland, on their way to

  24. 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

  25. Research: Salmon disappearing, sea lions increasing

    Nov 5, 2014 John Harrison
    If the circumstantial evidence bears out, adult salmon returning from the ocean to the Columbia River Basin are being killed by seals and sea lions between the estuary and Bonne
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