BONNEVILLE TO LAUNCH ON-LINE PROJECT ‘REPORT CENTER’ Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 (PST)

The Bonneville Power Administrations plans to launch on June 7 an online "Report Center" that will contain a set of reports offering details about Columbia River basin fish and wildlife projects. Read More...

COUNCIL GETS $16.2 MILLION IN INNOVATIVE PROJECT PROPOSALS Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 (PST)

A total of 59 fish and wildlife proposals requesting $16.2 million are vying for $2 million in available funding during fiscal years 2008 and 2009 through the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's "innovative" project category. Read More...

SPRING RUN NUMBERS ON LOW SIDE BUT JACKS DOUBLE THE AVERAGE Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 (PST)

Oregon and Washington department of fish and wildlife officials on Wednesday extended the lower Columbia River spring chinook salmon sport fishing season through, potentially, June 15, with the goal of maximizing angler opportunity. Read More...

IDAHO’S CASWELL NOMINATED TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF BLM Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 (PST)

James L. Caswell, the head of Idaho’s Office of Species Conservation, has been nominated by President Bush to become director of the Bureau of Land Management. Read More...

SEA LION SALMON PREDATION LIKELY A CONSUMPTION RECORD Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 (PST)

California sea lions have, for the most part, left their springtime feeding station below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, taking with them what will likely be records in terms of numbers of salmon and steelhead consumed and the percentage taken of the overall salmonid run. Read More...

DRAFT EIS RELEASED FOR $30 MILLION OKANOGAN BASIN HATCHERY Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 (PST)

With the recent release of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, another step was taken toward the tribal goal of boosting summer/fall chinook salmon abundance, and reintroducing long-extinct spring chinook, in north-central Washington's Okanogan River basin. Read More...

REDDEN STRESSES HYDRO SYSTEM FISH OPERATIONS NOT OPTIONAL Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 (PST)

Saying his words are "not a product of anger, but frustration," U.S. District Court Judge James A. Redden in a May 23 order reminded federal agencies that it is not an option to shift away from Columbia/Snake river hydro system operations designed to benefit fish. Read More...