Two projects intended to "jump start" threatened salmon populations
with endemic or native broodstock moved ahead last with the necessary endorsements
from the Northwest Power Planning Council's Fish and Wildlife Committee
and the full Council.

The Grande Ronde Basin Endemic Spring Chinook Supplementation project's
"Step 3 Review" was endorsed by the Council May 10. That should
help garner $2.6 million in Bonneville Power Administration funding for
construction ...

The Columbia River treaty tribes have responded to a proposal by the
National Marine Fisheries Service to dramatically reduce the harvest of
B-run steelhead during the tribal fall season fisheries in order to increase
steelhead escapement levels.

"In our view, there are many things that can and should be done
to improve future years escapement of steelhead, such as improving passage
and habitat conditions for juvenile and adult fish and using real supplementation
actions to ...