Columbia Basin Bulletin, March 19, 2010

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Springers Make Their Move With Big Daily Counts At Bonneville; Run Will Fall Short Of Estimates

Study Looks At Ecological, Behavioral Factors Prompting Wild Salmon To Stray From Natal Areas

Holistic: Restoring 55 Miles Of Kootenai River Habitat For ESA-Listed Sturgeon, All Native Species

Springers Still Not Moving Upstream; River Managers Hold Back Flow At Bonneville To Prod Movement

Keeping Pike Out Of Salmon Country: Pend Oreille Netting Effort Puts Dent In Predator Population

April-September Basin Runoff Predicted To Be 10th Best In 52 Years; La Nina Dissipates In April

Humane Society: Feds Fail To Provide ‘Cogent’ Explanation Of How Sea Lion Predation ‘Significant'

‘I Think We Need To Take Those Dams Down’: Judge Redden’s Interview Comments Stir Reaction

Partnering With Beavers To Restore Degraded Streams Aiding Recovery Of Wild Steelhead

Oregon Wants Access To ‘Lethal Management Tools’ In Reducing Salmon-Eating Cormorant Numbers

Barges From Lake Mead Contaminated With Quagga Mussels Intercepted At Idaho Border

Colville Tribes’ Traditional Fishing Gear Efforts Anticipate Rising Salmon Numbers From New Hatchery

Catch Rates Up, But Low Bonneville Dam Passage Stalls Fishing Until Run Size Recalculation

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Delisting Eastern Stellar Sea Lions; Growing Numbers In Columbia River

Research: Less Major Predators, More Large Herbivores Harms Ecosystems, Diversity

Big Water Moving Through Hydro System: Involuntary Spill, Reservoirs Drafted To Prepare For Melt

Request For Preliminary Injunction Filed As States Continue Trapping, Euthanizing Sea Lions

Not Much Fish, Not Many Sea Lions, But Two ‘Individually Identifiable’ Salmon Eaters Trapped, Killed

Lousy Per Rod Catch Rates, But Commercial Fishery Suggests Plenty Of Spring Chinook Still To Come

Researchers Discuss Status Of Deschutes Basin Salmon, Steelhead Restoration, Reintroduction

Columbia River High, Cold, Muddy; Spring Chinook Again Holding Back Surge Over Bonneville Dam

WDFW Responsible For Dam Fish Counts For 28 Years; Regulation Requires Corps To Consider Others

Oregon’s Catherine Creek: Research Links Where ESA Spring Chinook Spend Time With Needed Habitat

Oregon Supreme Court Certifies Ballot Titles For Banning Non-Indian Commercial Gill Netting

Judge Denies Stay For Sea Lion Killing; Limits Take To 30, With No Shooting Allowed

The Mammals: NOAA Fisheries Again Authorizes Lethal Removal Of Salmon-Eating Sea Lions

Clackamas River Bull Trout Reintroduction Project Using Metolius Fish Awarded; Spawning Documented

Researchers Study How Lake Trout Removal In Flathead Lake Might Alter Complex Food Web

The Birds: Corps Scoping Plan To Reduce Avian Salmon Predators From Bonneville Dam To Lower Granite

Can Earlier Societies Teach Us How To Manage Highly Productive, Sustainable Fisheries?

Connecting Ocean Research To Columbia Basin Salmon Mitigation: Evaluations Continue

February Gives Runoff A Boost: April-Sept. Water Supply Now Forecasted At 98 Percent Of Normal

Bonneville Power’s Increased Fish And Wildlife Project Spending ‘Fully Ramped Up’

Court Orders New Biological Opinion, Jeopardy Analysis On Oregon’s Water Temperature Standards

Council: Northwest Likely To Continue Producing More Electricity Than It Needs Spring, Early Summer

Idaho Intercepts At I-90 Station Two Mussel-Infested Boats From Great Lakes Region

So Far, Only A Single Chinook Through Bonneville Dam As Anglers Await Projected Good Return

Though Permits Denied, Grant PUD Moving Forward On Streamside Salmon Rearing Facilities

Upper Deschutes Salmon Reintroduction Plan This Year Includes Moving Returning Spawners Above Dams

Ocean Indicators Report: Persistent ‘Negative Pacific Decadal Oscillation’ Positive News For Salmon

Restored Upper Deschutes Creek Channel Provides New Habitat For Salmon, Steelhead

Washington High Court Says State Has No Legal Jurisdiction Over Tribes At Treaty Fishing Access Site

2011 Fall Chinook Redd Survey In Lower Snake, Tributaries Produces Second Highest Count On Record

Corps Issues Draft Plan To Curtail Nesting Of Burgeoning Salmon-Consuming Cormorant Colony

A Reservoir Drawdown To Stream Level Aiding Recovery Of Willamette Spring Chinook Stock

Northwest States Want Tougher Boat Inspections At Lake Mead To Reduce Threat Of Quagga Mussels

California Study Focuses On How Unmarked Hatchery Fish Can Mask Condition Of Wild Salmon

California Releases Adult Hatchery Reared Coho Into River Hoping To Reestablish Natural Spawners

Tribes, Idaho Urge Lower River Chinook Harvest Impacts Be Spread Out Over Full Season

Feds, Land Trust Complete Largest Estuary Habitat Purchase; Goal Is To Connect Wetlands With River

Spring Chinook Return Expected To Be Large; Wild Component Predicted Above 10-Year Average

Hatchery/Wild/Supplementation: Agencies Scoping Plan For ‘Hatchery Effects Evaluation Team’

Big Chunk Of Corps’ 2012 Fish Mitigation Budget Aimed At Willamette Valley Fish Passage

Moisture Streaming Into Northwest Gives Columbia Basin ‘Snow/Water Equivalent’ Big Boost

Basin’s April-Sept Runoff Forecast Now At 90 Percent; Rosiest Scenario Only Gets It To Normal

Study Details How Reduced Mountain Snowfall Can Lead To ‘Classic Ecological Cascade’

Tribes Release Comprehensive Lamprey Restoration Plan Aimed At Reversing Plummeting Numbers

Council Science Report: Salmon Recovery Efforts Need Better Tracking Of ‘Adults In’, ‘Smolts Out’

Council Recommends $10 Million To Umatilla Tribes For Salmon Habitat Projects In ‘Ceded’ Areas

Columbia River Fishery Managers Predict Strong Spring, Summer, Fall Chinook Returns For 2012

2011 Harvest Data Shows High Numbers In Angler Trips, Landed Chinook, Steelhead

New Report Details Impacts Of Wolf Restoration On Yellowstone Park Ecosystem Health

Study Says Selective Traits In Hatchery Fish Can Happen In A Single Generation

Oregon Attorney General Issues Modified Ballot Title Proposing Non-Tribal Gillnet Ban

New Fish Passage In the Upper Deschutes For Sockeye, Steelhead, Chinook Showing Positive Results

FERC Calls BPA’s High Water/Wind Power Cutoff Rule Discriminatory, Orders Correction In 90 Days

Oregon Elections Division Certifies Two Proposed Non-Indian Gill-Net Ban Initiative Titles

Salmon BiOp Plaintiffs’ Urge New Judge To Consider Settlement Judge, Science Panel

Redden Steps Down; Allows New Judge Simon To Review Salmon Litigation Before 2014 BiOp Filed

Research Shows Columbia River Sockeye Adapting To Climate Change, Migrating Earlier

Channel Rehabilitation Below Bonneville Dam Brings Big Boost To ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Spawners

State, Tribal Coalitions, Feds Oppose Inserting Science Panel, Settlement Judge Into BiOp Remand

Research: Stream Warming Impacts On PNW Salmonids Require Prioritizing Conservation Efforts

Sea Lion Task Force Summary Completed; NOAA Decision On Lethal Take Expected In February

Researchers Study How White Salmon River Responds To Dam Breaching; Right Now ‘Lots Of Mud’

Winter Forecast Conference: Below Normal Temperatures, Above Average Precipitation?

Canadian Officials Say ‘No Confirmed Cases’ Of Salmon Virus; NOAA Doing Research, Response Report

Blast Drains Condit Dam’s Reservoir On White Salmon River; Dam Structure Removal Set For Spring 2012

Economic Panel Compares Effectiveness Of Methods To Keep More Water In-Stream For Fish

Salmon BiOp Challengers Request Court Appoint Settlement Judge, Science Panel For Remand

Senators Call For U.S. To Conduct Independent Testing To Assess Risk Of Salmon Virus

Report Shows Global Warming Causing Huge, Fast Tree Species Migration In West

Adult Chinook Transported Above Condit Dam Before Blast ‘Highly Successful’ With Spawning

Sens. Cantwell, Murkowski, Begich Introduce Amendment Calling For Investigation Into Salmon Virus

NOAA’s Sea Lion Task Force Again Discusses Lethal Removal Below Bonneville Dam

Tribes Complete Pilot Test For Operating Corps-Built Salmon Processing Facility Near White Salmon

Rise Of The Humpies: Ocean Conditions Now Good For Pinks While Chinook, Coho Abundance Declines?

Researchers Say Lethal Marine Influenza Virus Found In Wild Salmon Off British Columbia Coast

Report: ESA-Protected Steller Sea Lions Show Increased Presence, Salmon Take In Lower Columbia

Rejuvenated Upper Columbia River Coho Allows First Fisheries In 30 Years

Columbia River Shad: Ocean Survival Off Oregon,Washington Inversely Related To Native Coho

Science Advisory Panel Urges, Comprehensive ‘Landscape Approach’ To Fish, Wildlife Restoration

New Fish Passage For Umatilla River Lamprey Helps Spur Higher Than Expected Adult Return

USFWS Releases Lamprey Assessment, Template For Restoring ‘Priority Species’ In Columbia Basin

ISAB Reviews Fish Passage Memos On Long-Standing Issue Of Delayed Mortality In Migrating Salmon

Salmon BiOp: Feds File Notice Leaving Open Appeal Of Redden’s Aug. 2 Decision; Ninth Sets Schedule

Researchers Evaluating Benefits To Wind River Wild Steelhead From Hemlock Dam Removal

Preliminary Juvenile Salmonid Survival Estimates Show Challenge Of 2011’s Notably High Flows

Okanogan PUD Decides Not To Pursue Building New Dam/Reservoir On Similkameen River

Fall Chinook Count In Lower Snake Remains Strong; Reintroduced Coho Showing Good Numbers

Fish On: Lower Columbia River Fall Chinook Sport Catch Now Second Best Since 1980

Battle Over Ballot Title For Oregon Non-Indian Gill-Net Ban Goes To State Supreme Court

White Salmon River Fall Chinook Captured, Moved Upstream In Preparation For Condit Dam Removal

A Record-Breaking Oddity: Why Are Pink Salmon (Humpies) Heading Up The Columbia River?

NOAA Says La Nina Is Back; Colder, Wetter Than Normal Conditions For the Northwest

Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Return Downgraded; More Fish Now Turning Into Snake River

Snake River Sockeye Return To Idaho’s Sawtooth Valley Second Largest Since 1950s

NOAA To Reconvene Sea Lion Removal Task Force:‘We Must Address’ All Causes Of Salmon Decline

Straying Pink Salmon Hit Record Numbers At Bonneville Dam; Down From Puget Sound, Fraser River?

Leading Marine Scientists Call For An End To Most Deep-Sea Commercial Fishing

Snake River Sockeye Recovery On Track This Year; 120 Trapped Fish Of Natural Origin

Invasive Northern Pike Disaster For Pend Oreille Native Fish; Will Move Further Into Columbia Basin?

Study: Wolf Population Increase May Aid Other Threatened Species, Stream Ecosystems

Some Question New Water Release Regime Intended To Return Salmon, Steelhead To Upper Deschutes

Willamette Plan Released; Calls For Reintroducing Salmon, Steelhead Above Santiam, McKenzie Dams

Columbia River Estuary’s Salmon-Eating Tern Colony Produces No Chicks This Year

Corps Releases Draft EIS Of Plan To Move Terns From Columbia River To Southeastern Oregon

Tribes To Test Run Fish Processor Facility As Way To Market ‘Indian-Caught’ Columbia River Salmon

117,500 Triploid Trout Escape Columbia River Net-Pen Operation; Might Pose Threat To ESA Steelhead

Redden Orders New Salmon BiOp By 2014; Says Post-2013 Mitigation, Benefits Unidentified

Group Gains OK From Oregon Sec. Of State To Launch Non-Tribal Gill-Net Ban Initiative

Year’s First Snake River Sockeye Makes It Back To Sawtooths; Over 1,000 Counted At Lower Granite