Tag: Columbia River

  • Wild Salmon And Tribal Fish Destruction

    Hatcheries are death on wild salmon. Photo George Wuerthner  The Indian Iron Curtain surrounds wild salmon and tribal policy and fishery management. Nearly every tribe in the Pacific Northwest says things like “salmon are sacred,”  and they typically assert that salmon are critical to their culture. The problem is that while there is some overlap…

  • Plight of the Pacific lamprey: Is it a keeper?

    The fish is in serious trouble due to dams on the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers The Pacific Lamprey had seen drastic declines in population over the last few decades and is quickly becoming a rare sight. Last year it was estimated that only 30,000 crossed Bonneville Dam, down from 350 million to 400 million…

  • Do Dams Make A Difference? Similar Survival Rates For Pacific Salmon In Fraser And Columbia Rivers

    Big surprise. Dams don’t matter? Because they haven’t compared enough rivers, there are plenty of other hypothesis. I propose the Fraser River stocks do poorly because of all the disease breeding salmon farms the B.C. government has allowed between the mouth of the Fraser and the open ocean. Do Dams Make A Difference? Similar Survival…

  • Steelhead counts at Bonneville Dam on the Colombia River shatter one-day records !!

    Of course, you can’t truly count them until they are in Idaho rivers, but so far a very strong run- For those not familiar with the Columbia River and its tributaries, Bonneville Dam is first dam anadromous fish have to cross on the Columbia River on their journey home to spawn. Steelie counts at Bonneville…

  • Columbia River pollutants at unacceptable levels, EPA says

    EPA says Columbia River pollution levels “unacceptable risk to people, fish and wildife- For those not familiar, the Columbia River is the major river of the Pacific Northwest. It and its tributaries drain almost all of Idaho, and Washington states, and western Montana. . . . much of Oregon and British Columbia too, plus the…

  • Spring chinook return at snail's pace to Columbia River

    After the unexplained virtual disappearce of the salmon run in the Sacremento River after the best run in many years, the slow return of chinoock salmon into the Columbia has folks on edge. Rocky Barker writes about it today. Idaho Statesman. Update added April 11. Sharp Curb on Salmon Season. By FELICITY BARRINGER. New York…

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