2015 Archives: Columbia Basin salmon, steelhead and lamprey in the news
Olympia, Wash., Dec. 9, 2015: Salmon recovery projects awarded more than $44 million in grants through Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board and the Puget Sound Partnership.
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 4, 2015: Sports fishing groups say Columbia River salmon reforms working.
Cooks Landing, Wash., Dec. 3, 2015: Fishers of the Yakama Nation. New Yorker story about Yakama tribal fisheries on the Columbia River.
Boise, Ida., Dec. 1, 2015: Despite summer losses, Idaho's next generation of sockeye is on track. Hatchery program provides eggs, smolts, adults to bolster 2015 Snake River sockeye returns affected by warm water in rivers and tributaries.
Cannon Beach, Ore., Nov. 27, 2015: The blob is no laughing matter. Warm ocean and record-setting algae bloom sitting off West Coast affects marine life, birds.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 12, 2015: Fall Chinook returns to Hanford Reach breaks record.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., and Oreg., April 22, 2016: As spring Chinook passage picks up at Bonneville Dam, so do sea lion numbers, salmon mortality. The sea lion
strikes back
San Juan Islands, Wash., Oct. 26, 2015: Drones just captured the most detailed photos of wild killer whales yet. Photos include a mother whale nursing her calf.
San Juan Islands, Wash., Oct. 25, 2015: Experts have high hopes for survival of newest baby orca. The baby is the fourth born this year.
Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 21, 2015: Sea lions now a year-round issue in the Columbia
Tri-Cities, Wash., Oct. 13, 2015: Record fall chinook run seen at McNary Dam
Clearwater, Ida., Sept. 4, 2015: Idaho opens fishing seasons Three fishing seasons opened in Idaho Sept. 1, including the second-ever season on coho.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30, 2015: NOAA embraces climate research Guest opinion by NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region administrator Will Stelle in The Seattle Times.
Clark Fork, Ida., Aug. 28, 2015: Clark Fork Delta on the mend with $6 million project Volunteers and schools help restore eroded area on 5,600 acre delta, home to 70-plus species of wildlife.
Clatskanie, Wash., Aug. 28, 2015: Landowners turn front yard into wildlife wetland Breaching a levy opens up 26 acres of floodplain habitat for young fish, birds, wildlife.
Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 7, 2015: Warm water puts Vancouver's Fraser River sockeye at risk
Sawtooth Basin, Ida., Aug. 4, 2015: Idaho sockeye returns to source despite poor conditions During the hot summer of 2015, some of the hardiest Snake River sockeye still successfully completed their amazing 900-mile journey to spawn.
Boise, Ida., July 30, 2015: Salmon habitat protected in East Idaho conservation easement Over 10 miles of the Lemhi River will be protected for salmon habitat in a purchase that preserves ranching and fish uses.
Cle Elum, Wash., July 30, 2015: Study shows hatchery working to help wild fish on Yakima River Years of research showing that scientifically-designed hatchery practices can help re-establish wild populations of fish.
Eagle, Ida., July 27, 2015: Idaho Fish and Game works to save Snake River sockeye State and federal agencies work together to transport sockeye struggling in high water temperatures
Ahsahka, Ida., June 17, 2015: Dworshak discharge flows increased to cool rising river temperatures Low seasonal inflows, recent hot weather conditions and more of the same forecasted for the rest of the week have prompted changes in flow operations at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir near Orofino, Idaho.
Portland, Ore., May 12, 2015: Judge blocks request to stop cormorant actions A federal judge has denied a request for an injunction to stop federal agencies' actions under a recent EIS for lethal take of double crested cormorants preying on juvenile salmon in the Columbia River estuary.
Yakima, Wash., March 19, 2015: Lake Cle Elum fills up so sockeye can begin their journey This week marks the earliest-ever opening for the temporary fish passage, which allow young sockeye salmon in Lake Cle Elum to start their journey to the ocean.
Longview, Wash., March 13, 2015: Sea lions will switch from eating smelt to spring chinook in Columbia River
Yakima, Wash., March 7, 2015: Is the removal of predatory wildlife on Columbia River sound policy or overkill?
Missoula, Mt., March 1, 2015: Protected marine mammals take unknown toll on spring chinook salmon Spring chinook returning to the Columbia River have to make it past a gauntlet of voracious seals and sea lions.
Seattle, Wash., February 23, 2015: To save orcas, we must first save salmon Guest editorial describes the Marine Survival Project to discover why Puget Sound and Fraser River salmon, a key prey species for resident killer whales, are dying in their first year in the Salish Sea and Straight of Georgia.
Corvallis, Ore., February 17, 2015: Oregon chub swims off endangered list
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