An Idaho Falls angler miraculously reeled in a new state catch-and-release record lake trout and, even more unbelievably, was able to hoist it up into the boat.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has finalized its plan for operating the Willamette Valley’s 13 federal dams by executing a Record of Decision.
A committee of fisheries biologists and managers charged with estimating run sizes of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River system reduced its forecast of sockeye salmon entering the river this year by a whopping 71 percent.
A new study led by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks fisheries biologist Sam Bourret is giving researchers a better understanding of where bull trout in the Swan River basin originate, and which streams are most important to the species’ future.
Fish hatcheries are a critical part of the effort to restore salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest. But hatchery fish are less likely than wild ones to return from the ocean to spawn — and one reason may be hatchery noise.
Travis Kavulla has been sworn in as the new administrator and CEO of the Bonneville Power Administration by U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Kyle Haustveit, becoming the 17th administrator in BPA’s 89-year history.
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Substantial Downgrade Of Forecasted Columbia River Sockeye Run; Managers Tracking Progress Of ESA Snake River Sockeye Crossing Dams
/in 04. WILDLIFEA committee of fisheries biologists and managers charged with estimating run sizes of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River system reduced its forecast of sockeye salmon entering the river this year by a whopping 71 percent.