THREE SOCKEYE RETURN TO IDAHO; MORE EXPECTED NEXT YEAR Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 (PST)

Only three adult sockeye survived the 900-mile trip up the Columbia, Snake and Salmon rivers this year, matching the low since 1999, when hatchery-origin fish used to keep the run alive first began returning. Read More...

LAKE PEND OREILLE TO BE HELD HIGHER LONGER TO HELP KOKANEE Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 (PST)

The level of northern Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille will be held higher longer, then dropped more rapidly than normal this fall in hopes of leaving newly laid lake trout eggs high and dry and, ultimately, reduce the number of those voracious predators. Read More...

FEDS, IDAHO OPPOSE FOCUS ON FLOW AUG IN UPPER SNAKE REMAND Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 (PST)

Attorneys for the U.S. government and the state of Idaho say a request to have the looming Upper Snake biological opinion remand focused on the augmentation of river flows would undercut federal authorities and go contrary to previous judicial direction. Read More...