Future Fish Wars: OSU Researcher Receives DOD Grant To Study Links Between Changing Ocean Climate, Fish Movement, Geopolitical Tensions
June 8th, 2023
An Oregon State University researcher has been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a study about the movement of fish stocks due to changing climate conditions and the potential geopolitical tensions that could result from that shift.
Appeals Court Rejects USFWS Authorization To Kill Grizzlies In Response To Livestock Conflict Just Outside Yellowstone
June 8th, 2023
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s authorization of the killing of up to 72 grizzly bears on public land just outside of Yellowstone National Park violated federal law.
Fisheries Manager Add More Spring Chinook Fishing Days Below Bonneville
May 25th, 2023
Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon added eleven recreational fishing days (Thursday, May 25-Sunday, June 4) to the ongoing spring Chinook fishery downstream of Bonneville Dam during a joint state hearing Wednesday.
New Children’s Book Explores Destruction Of Celilo Falls In 1957 From Child’s Perspective
May 24th, 2023
In 1957 Celilo Falls, a fishery that was pivotal to the lives of many Native Americans along the Columbia River, was lost when it was flooded and destroyed by the construction of The Dalles Dam.
Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Meet In Kelowna; Discuss Salmon Reintroduction, Flood-Risk Management
May 24th, 2023
Negotiating teams for Canada and the United States met in Kelowna, British Columbia for the 17th round of negotiations toward a modernized Columbia River Treaty.
Lower Kootenay Band To Release Over One Million Burbot Into Restored Wetland In B.C.’s Creston Valley
May 18th, 2023
The Yaqan Nukiy Lower Kootenay Band will release more than one million burbot in a restored wetland in the Creston Valley this year.
Columbia Generating Station Nuclear Plant Shutting Down This Spring For Refueling Reactor Core; Provides 13 Percent Of BPA Fuel Mix
May 18th, 2023
The Bonneville Power Administration’s Columbia Generating Station is shutting down this spring, as it does every two years, to replace about a third of the fuel from the nuclear plant’s core.
Researchers Urge Intertwining Indigenous Rights, Endangered Species Laws To Move Beyond Simply Avoiding Risk Of Extinction
May 18th, 2023
Increasing caribou populations in northeastern British Columbia demonstrate that partnerships between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse prolonged declines, yet the emphasis must now be placed on establishing culturally significant restoration objectives, assert a collective of scholars and community members in a recent publication featured in Science this week.
Nez Perce Tribe Turning To Gill Nets, Drift Nets On Clearwater River During Spring Chinook Season To Achieve Harvest Shares; IDFG ‘Totally On Board’
May 5th, 2023
Feeling crowded out of the prime fishing spots in the Clearwater Basin, the Nez Perce Tribe will experiment with gill nets and drift nets during the spring chinook fishing season.