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January 16, 2009
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Salmon Genetic Project Aimed At Improving Fisheries, Harvest Management
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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A $9.4 million genetic sampling project designed to better chart Columbia River basin salmon genetic diversity, stock composition, and stock specific run timing won the favor of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council Thursday.
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EPA Report On Columbia River Toxic Contamination Offers 'Troubling News'
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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The first comprehensive look at toxic contamination throughout the Columbia River basin released Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency serves as a call to action to the public and governments.
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Basin 2008-2009 Water Supply Forecast Shows 88 Percent Of Average January-July
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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The Columbia River basin's wet season got off to an extremely slow start but has rallied in recent weeks thanks to a series of mostly southerly storms that have blanketed the lower Columbia and Snake river regions.
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NPCC Heads To Finish Line In Approving New Regional Fish&Wildlife Program
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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Northwest Power and Conservation Council members this week entered the home stretch, still debating final strategies that will guide their Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for the next five years or longer.
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PCB-Contaminated Pacific Salmon Contaminating Region's Resident Killer Whales
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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A study published in the January edition of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry says that nearly 100 percent of pollutants found in chinook salmon were acquired while the fish were growing to adulthood in the Pacific Ocean.
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Tribes' Researchers Using New Tools To Read Salmonids' Genetic Codes
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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A novel genetics technology being field tested by Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission researchers is envisioned as a new tool that could enable fishery managers to make sounder decisions, and make them more quickly than ever before.
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Idaho's Booth, Montana's Measure Re-Elected As Council's Top Officers
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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Idaho's Bill Booth was elected unanimously Thursday to serve a second one-year term as chairman of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
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Soot From Pollution Causing Early Winter Snowpack Runoff In Cascades, Rockies
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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Soot from pollution causes winter snowpacks to warm, shrink and warm some more. This continuous cycle sends snowmelt streaming down mountains as much as a month early, a new study finds.
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USFWS Once Again Puts Montana, Idaho Wolves On Path To ESA De-Listing
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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Wolves are once again on a path toward delisting in Montana and Idaho -- but not Wyoming.
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New Website Offers Information On Columbia Basin Predatory Waterbird Research
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 (PST) |
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A new web page launched last week gives the public a broader view of investigations of predatory waterbird impacts on juvenile salmon and steelhead migrating from the Columbia/Snake River basin.
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