On March 18, 2025, the Nez Perce Tribe announced the appointment of Joseph Y. Oatman as Manager of the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resources Management (“DFRM”).
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Upland Operable Unit Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis Report Public Comment Period
March 20th, 2025
Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) invites the public to comment on the Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) Report for the Upland Operable Unit (OU) of Bradford Island in Cascade Locks, Oregon.
Egg-To-Fry Survival Of Chinook Salmon Studied In Several Columbia Basin Rivers, Provides Predictive Models For Researchers
March 15th, 2025
A recent study brings to light the dangers of a little-known life stage in which spring Chinook salmon in the Columbia River basin generally incur high mortality – incubation in the gravel.
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ESA-Listed Tucannon Spring Chinook Close To Extinction; ‘Safety Net Offsite Strategy’ A Last Ditch Effort To Save Them
March 15th, 2025
Tribal and Washington fishery managers are doubling down on recovering threatened spring Chinook salmon in the Tucannon River in Eastern Washington by raising juveniles originating from the river at a hatchery 300 miles downstream.
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Fishery Managers Close John Day Pool For Sturgeon Retention As Anglers Reach Harvest Guideline, No Lower River Retention This Year
March 15th, 2025
Oregon and Washington fishery managers on March 13 closed the only area where recreational anglers can currently catch and keep white sturgeon on the mainstem Columbia River – the John Day Dam pool up to The Dalles Dam.
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Columbia Basin Water Supply Forecast, April-September, Remains Below Normal, Coming Precipitation Could Help
March 15th, 2025
2025 is forming to be the third consecutive year of low Columbia River basin water supplies, with the latest forecast April-September at The Dalles Dam of just 85 percent of the 30-year average, according to a NOAA water supply briefing this week.
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ODFW Studies Hatchery Economic Costs, Benefits; Trout Stocking The Highest Benefit, Summer Steelhead Not So Much
March 15th, 2025
An economic study of its fish hatcheries that was funded over the past year by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife found that trout are by far the least expensive fish to produce at less than $10 per fish harvested, while summer steelhead costs the state nearly $500 per fish harvested, according to a presentation by ODFW before the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission in February.
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