http://www.cbbulletin.com/default.aspxColumbia Basin Bulletin recent articlesFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:12 GMTSmartSolutions.Impact, Version=2.5.1383.13134, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=nullhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60http://www.cbbulletin.com/lunarlogo.gifhttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344108.aspxThe federal government has requested, and received, more time to decide whether it might consider changes to the strategy it completed a little over a year ago to reduce Columbia-Snake river hydro system impacts on protected salmon stocks. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344108.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344107.aspxJust as flows out of the high country usually begin to taper off, the pulse of water from the upper Snake River has built to a new crest thanks to a series of storms that have spread across the southern part of the Columbia River basin this month. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344107.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:34:00 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344106.aspxA newly completed document is expected to provide the framework for a comprehensive water resource management plan aimed at easing water shortages that affect humans and fish in Washington's Yakima River basin. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344106.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:32:46 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344105.aspxTreaty tribes plan to execute their third lower Columbia River mainstem commercial fishery of the summer season next week, but the effort will be scaled back as compared to previous outings due to concerns that the 2009 summer chinook salmon run may not be as strong as anticipated. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344105.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:31:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344104.aspxPete Rust lifts a rod attached to a buoy from the waters of the Kootenai River, showing off what is used to monitor movements of white sturgeon fitted with sonic transmitters. Rust, a biologist with Idaho Fish and Game, says there is a network of 60 sonic receivers from Kootenay Lake in British Columbia to the Montana border. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344104.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:30:15 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344103.aspxGenny Hoyle and Kevin James took the first shifts at gently and patiently stirring eggs and milt with feathers, the culmination of an annual, labor-intensive effort to save the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344103.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:28:56 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344102.aspxA lawsuit filed in federal court in Portland Thursday claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has violated federal law by enabling floodplain development in Oregon without considering impacts on threatened and endangered fish and wildlife species. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344102.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:27:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344101.aspxLower Columbia River biologists, particularly those conducting fish surveys, are encouraged to watch for a nonnative newcomer to the basin -- the Amur goby. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344101.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:26:25 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344100.aspxLake trout have turned up in the Montana's Lindbergh Lake, presenting a new threat to the Swan River drainage's population of native bull trout. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344100.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:24:56 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344098.aspxScientists have developed a new system to help policy makers better assess the costs and benefits of building dams -- the first system of its kind to use an interdisciplinary approach to simultaneously evaluate the distribution of biophysical, socio-economic and geopolitical impacts of dams, according to one of the study's co-authors. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344098.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:23:31 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344097.aspxThe West Coast critically needs more research about fisheries, ocean health, coastal hazards and climate change -- among other topics -- according to a new report on regional marine research and information needs. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344097.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:21:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344096.aspxAnne Castle has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science. Castle will oversee water and science policy and have responsibility for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.cbbulletin.com/344096.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:20:16 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/344095.aspx--- From Bill Bosch, Yakama Nation Fisheries, Yakima-Klickitat Fisheries Project Research Office Re: June 12 CBB Story "Hood River Study Looks At Reproduction Fitness Of Wild-Born Offspring Of Hatchery Fish" http://www.cbbulletin.com/342236.aspx In response to the OSU research regarding the 'handicap' carried by offspring of hatchery-origin fish, it is important to recognize the growing body of scientific evidence http://www.cbbulletin.com/344095.aspxFri, 26 Jun 2009 20:17:37 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343137.aspxThe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation last week completed the environmental analysis it feels necessary to release additional water from central Washington's Lake Roosevelt in summer and early fall for cities, farms and fish. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343137.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:45:01 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343135.aspxDworshak Dam's unit 3 stirred to life Wednesday afternoon, providing hydro operators and hydro managers assurance that the turbine can generate power and deliver cool water downstream for fish during the fast approaching hot season. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343135.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:43:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343134.aspxThe stage is set for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council to complete next month the first, relatively small, leg of its newly devised process for evaluating which projects should be funded through its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343134.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:42:14 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343133.aspxDam operators agreed to hold lower Columbia River reservoir elevations relatively steady this week and next week to avoid raising havoc with tribal nets deployed to sweep in returning summer chinook and sockeye salmon, steelhead and other fish. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343133.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:41:08 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343132.aspxA federal court this week put the U.S. Forest Service on trial, saying the agency must follow through on its plans for assuring grazing operations in Oregon's John Day River basin don't jeopardize the survival of protected steelhead or face the legal consequences. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343132.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:39:47 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343131.aspxThe Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking nominations for a new citizen advisory board responsible for reviewing plans to improve sport fishing opportunities for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River basin. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343131.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:38:22 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343130.aspxThe zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days -- not because they are dying off, but because they are being replaced by a cousin, the quagga mussel. But zebra mussels still dominate in fast-moving streams and rivers. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343130.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:36:42 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343129.aspxIn updating its fish and wildlife "program," the Northwest Power and Conservation Council contemplated thousands of pages of recommendations, comments on those recommendations and comments on draft amendments. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343129.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:35:32 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343128.aspxClimate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and choices made now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a new federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change. http://www.cbbulletin.com/343128.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:34:24 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/343127.aspxCBB Shorts: Marbled Murrelet; New License For Spokane River Project; New Forest Service Service http://www.cbbulletin.com/343127.aspxFri, 19 Jun 2009 19:32:59 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342240.aspxThe total amount of ratepayer revenues expended by the Bonneville Power Administration to boost Columbia River basin fish and wildlife has risen to nearly $12 billion, according to a draft report released this week by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342240.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:37:26 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342239.aspxA legal attempt to force the spilling of more water at federal Columbia and Snake river dams and to enhance river flows to ease salmon migrations has run out of time, at least for the 2009 season, according to a brief filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court by a coalition of fishing and conservation groups. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342239.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:36:06 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342238.aspxAn improving upriver spring chinook forecast translates to fewer Endangered Species Act "impacts" and thus allowed the opening this morning of a Columbia River mainstem sport fishery for steelhead and sockeye from Portland's Interstate 5 bridge down to Tongue Point-Rocky Point near the river mouth. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342238.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:34:46 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342237.aspxThe Northwest Power and Conservation Council on Wednesday gave conditional approval to a pair of "accord" research projects that together will claim more than $10.5 million in fish and wildlife funding over the next nine years. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342237.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:33:08 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342236.aspxSteelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring will also be significantly less successful at reproducing, according to a new study published this week by researchers from Oregon State University. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342236.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:31:53 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342234.aspxThings are looking up in northeast Oregon where the anticipated strength of both wild-born and hatchery produced fish will allow a spring chinook fishing season in a section of the Wallowa River for only the second time since the 1970s. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342234.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:30:07 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342233.aspxPresident Obama announced this week that he intends to nominate Sam D. Hamilton to be the next director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342233.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:29:01 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342232.aspxPresident Obama said this week he intends to nominate Bob Abbey, a veteran public land policy leader and chief architect of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, as director of the Bureau of Land Management. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342232.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:28:03 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342231.aspxThe search is officially under way for a new director to lead the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. http://www.cbbulletin.com/342231.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:26:54 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/342229.aspxCBB Shorts: Testing Water Travel Time; Powder River Spring Chinook; WDFW Ballast Rules For Invasive Species; McNary- John Day Transmission Line http://www.cbbulletin.com/342229.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 23:25:00 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340341.aspxA "proposed order" filed Tuesday pledges that summertime spill operations this year to facilitate juvenile salmon passage at federal Columbia-Snake river hydro projects will mimic as closely as possible -- as a federal judge requested -- those of 2008. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340341.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:17:14 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340340.aspxCongress created the Marine Mammal Protection Act's Section 120 "specifically" "to address the type of situation" that now prevails at the lower Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, according to a federal brief filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340340.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:15:54 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340339.aspxNo, Idaho's senior U.S. senator, Mike Crapo, is not a born-again dam breaching advocate. "I don't support breaching the dams and I haven't supported it since I've been in Congress, I've never supported it," said the Republican, who served six years in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected in 1998 to represent Idaho in the Senate. He was re-elected in 2004. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340339.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:14:04 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340338.aspxNOAA Fisheries released its final biological opinion Thursday that finds the water pumping operations in California's Central Valley by the federal Bureau of Reclamation jeopardize the continued existence of salmon, steelhead and sturgeon listed under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340338.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:11:54 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340337.aspxThe governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington have signed a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Energy supporting funding for the Bonneville Power Administration to study technologies for integrating wind and other renewable energy into the Northwest power grid. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340337.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:10:43 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340336.aspxDworshak Dam's operators are hoping that a new problem that emerged nearly two week's ago to force the shutdown of the facility's largest turbine unit is really an recurring problem that could be fixed, at least for the short term, relatively quickly. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340336.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:09:30 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340335.aspxStudies indicate that the release of sediment during the removal of the White Salmon River's Condit Dam would actually reduce risks from mercury by making it "less likely to accumulate in fish," according to a draft Second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement released today for public comment. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340335.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:08:19 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340334.aspxMontana's Libby Dam soon will start releasing water to improve spawning conditions for the Kootenai River's endangered white sturgeon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340334.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:07:05 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340333.aspxA coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the recent delisting of gray wolves in Montana and Idaho, raising some of the same legal issues that blocked delisting last year. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340333.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:03:49 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340331.aspxSecretary of the Interior Ken Salazar this week named Montanan John Tubbs, a veteran water resources administrator and policy leader, as deputy assistant secretary for Water and Science. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation. http://www.cbbulletin.com/340331.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:02:10 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/340330.aspxCBB Shorts: Ocean Acidification; Geological Sites For Carbon Capture; Columbia National Wildlife Refuge; Lower Clearwater Chinook Fishing; Bonneville Pool Sturgeon Fishing; Imnaha, Wallowa Chinook Fishing http://www.cbbulletin.com/340330.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 20:00:57 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338040.aspxTop officials traveled west this week to continue the Obama Administration's examination of a legally beleaguered strategy for assuring that federal dams in the Columbia River basin don't jeopardize the survival of protected salmon and steelhead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338040.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:37:58 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338039.aspxThe latest forecast of 2009's adult upriver spring chinook salmon return has brightened slightly, raising hope that the mainstem Columbia River's recreational steelhead fishery can be opened sooner than June 15. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338039.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:36:10 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338038.aspxThe largest of three turbine generating units at central Idaho's Dworshak Dam will be idled for at least a month, and could stay down for more than a year. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338038.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:33:29 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338037.aspxBoth California and Steller sea lions have exited their salmon smorgasbord below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam as nature has, apparently, called them to their breeding grounds elsewhere. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338037.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:31:00 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338036.aspxThe threat seems ever closer -- and more and more effort and money is being expended to try ward off an invasion of zebra and/or quagga mussels that could potentially paralyze the Columbia River basin's vast hydro system, city water works, irrigation systems and other infrastructure. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338036.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:29:53 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338035.aspxU.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-WA, said last week the Obama Administration will send to Congress a budget amendment restoring funding for the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Fund to a level of $50 million. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338035.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:28:44 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338034.aspxNOAA's Fishery Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that generally prohibits acts that would kill or harm a distinct group of North American green sturgeon that spawn in the Sacramento River. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338034.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:27:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338033.aspxDue to relatively strong returns of spring chinook in the Snake River, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are opening a spring chinook fishery below Hells Canyon Dam from May 30 until a closure is announced. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338033.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:26:16 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338032.aspxResearchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants, as revealed by a unique signal detected by a NASA satellite. http://www.cbbulletin.com/338032.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:24:41 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/338031.aspxCBB Shorts: Fishers Restoration; Polluted Ecosystems Recoverable; Nutrient Over-Enrichment In Estuaries; Reclamation Commissioner Confirmed; Proposed NPPC Budgets; Wildlife Grants http://www.cbbulletin.com/338031.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 19:23:05 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335929.aspxA federal judge says more funding commitments, higher guaranteed river flows, additional scientific analysis and another look at the breaching of four dams on the lower Snake River may be needed to shore up, and make legal, the federal government's Columbia River basin salmon protection plan. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335929.aspxWed, 20 May 2009 21:40:18 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335405.aspxThe Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation got the go-ahead Wednesday to complete final design for the construction of a salmon hatchery below central Washington's Grand Coulee Dam. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335405.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:40:07 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335404.aspxAll signs point toward a massive return of upriver spring chinook salmon to the Columbia-Snake river system next year. Or do they? http://www.cbbulletin.com/335404.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:38:54 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335403.aspxFor the second year in a row Oregon and Washington officials have been forced to stop, limit or not open fisheries because upriver spring chinook salmon returns to the Columbia River are much lower than expected. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335403.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:37:38 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335402.aspxIt appears that an anticipated growth spurt in the East Sand Island Caspian tern colony has arrived. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335402.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:36:38 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335401.aspxPrecious water behind west-central Idaho's Dworshak Dam has been at the center of a tug of war over the past two weeks between competing, though mutual, biological interests. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335401.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:35:17 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335400.aspxNew research indicates that a warmer climate has a significant effect on the snowpack, as measured by water content on April 1, even if other factors keep year-to-year measurements close to normal for a period of years. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335400.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:34:09 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335399.aspxU.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) led a delegation of West Coast congressional members in sending a letter to key Obama administration officials urging them to restore funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335399.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:33:02 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335398.aspxState fish and game crews this week trapped two California sea lions in Astoria near the mouth of the Columbia River and captured three others 146 miles upstream at Bonneville as part of an effort to reduce the big marine mammals' predation on salmon spawners. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335398.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:31:54 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335397.aspxHoping to generate ideas from stakeholders, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday facilitated the first Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Workshop since releasing its State of the River Report in January. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335397.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:30:58 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335396.aspxOregon's U.S. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley asked the Senate Appropriations Committee this week for an additional $9.8 million in federal disaster assistance for Oregon's salmon industry and coastal communities. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335396.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:29:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335395.aspxU.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, announced this week that the Columbia River Channel Deepening project will receive $26.6 million to complete work to deepen the Columbia River navigation channel under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335395.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:28:20 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335393.aspxWithin-year budget adjustments totaling nearly $2.3 million for six fish and wildlife projects were approved Tuesday by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335393.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:27:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335392.aspxThe Columbia River Compact on Thursday approved the commercial sale of salmon caught by tribal members with hoop nets, dip nets and hook and line in the mainstem reservoirs between Bonneville and McNary dams. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335392.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:25:28 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335391.aspxThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to change the Endangered Species Act classification of the Oregon chub from endangered to threatened. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335391.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:24:16 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335390.aspxA $21 million reduction in state and other funding over the next two years will require the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to lay off 76 employees and curtail some public services. http://www.cbbulletin.com/335390.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:23:07 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/335389.aspxThe Washington Department of Ecology, the U.S. Coast Guard and Tidewater Barge Lines were at the scene at The Dalles Dam this morning where a Tidewater barge and tug struck the dam at just after midnight Friday (May 15). http://www.cbbulletin.com/335389.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 21:22:08 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334060.aspxParties to long-running litigation over the federal government's Columbia River hydro system biological opinion now have an extra 30 to 60 days to "explore whether further discussions regarding the BiOp might be productive." http://www.cbbulletin.com/334060.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:27:37 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334059.aspxAn under-performing upriver spring chinook salmon run has exposed a flaw in a 10-year catch sharing agreement that tilts benefits heavily in favor of non-Indian sport fishers, according to four Columbia River basin treaty tribes. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334059.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:26:27 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334058.aspxThere have been 11 California sea lions trapped and removed from the area below Bonneville Dam on the lower Columbia River so far this spring but in recent weeks state biologists' trapping efficiency has dropped to zero. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334058.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:25:16 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334056.aspxWith precipitation below average across much of the Columbia River basin in April, expectations for spring-summer water supply were dampened a bit. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334056.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:23:24 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334055.aspxU.S. Bureau of Reclamation will likely be able to provide desired flow augmentation volumes for salmon this spring and summer, according to agency officials. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334055.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:22:28 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334054.aspxNearly 400 tribal, federal, state and local leaders returned today (May 8) to a historic fishing village on the banks of the Columbia River to celebrate the "Columbia Basin Fish Accords" signed a year ago. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334054.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:21:33 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334052.aspxPresident Barack Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2010 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Department of Commerce, calls for the elimination of the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, which has ranged from $90 million to $100 million in recent years. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334052.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:19:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334050.aspxU.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says he is extending the 2008 West Coast salmon disaster declaration for California and Oregon in response to expected poor salmon returns to the Sacramento River. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334050.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:17:47 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334049.aspxBabtist (Paul) Lumley, a member of the Yakama Indian Nation and 23-year veteran of American Indian policy, is returning to the Columbia Basin after a five-year absence to serve as the executive director for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334049.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:16:20 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334048.aspxWith significant spring rains this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers anticipates its Willamette Valley reservoirs will reach full conservation pools with adequate water for the recreation season. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334048.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:14:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334047.aspxAnglers can earn cash and help save salmon by participating in the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, which kicked off May 1 in the lower Columbia and Snake rivers. The program continues until Sept. 27. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334047.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:13:20 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334046.aspxThe U.S. Senate has confirmed Thomas Strickland for Department of Interior's assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. President Obama nominated Strickland for the position on Feb. 20. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334046.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:12:22 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334045.aspxA new U.S. Geological Survey study published this week documents for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific Ocean and as a result contaminate tuna and other seafood. http://www.cbbulletin.com/334045.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:11:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/334044.aspxCBB Shorts: Wildlife Grants; Do Fish Feel Pain?; American Pika ESA Review; Radio Collaring Oregon Wolf; Wind Energy/Wildlife Guidelines; Award For John W. Keys Program http://www.cbbulletin.com/334044.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 21:09:04 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332931.aspxNewly announced U.S. Army Corps of Engineers economic "stimulus" projects will create jobs while also accelerating efforts in the Columbia River basin to boost populations of salmon and steelhead and other fish and wildlife. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332931.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:30:05 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332930.aspxThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that it will undertake 94 construction, energy efficiency, habitat restoration and other improvement projects in the coming months to create jobs. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332930.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:28:18 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332929.aspxFishery managers up and down the Columbia River are keeping a close eye on spring chinook salmon counts at Bonneville Dam to determine what type of harvest opportunities might be available in the weeks ahead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332929.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:26:51 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332927.aspxNOAA Fisheries Service announced Tuesday that it is starting a biological review of the status of Oregon coast coho salmon, a population of salmon that has been the subject of litigation under the Endangered Species Act for more than a decade. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332927.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:25:41 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332926.aspxSecretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar this week announced that the two departments are revoking an eleventh hour Bush Administration rule that they say undermined Endangered Species Act protections. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332926.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:24:25 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332925.aspxThis fall, Oregon State University will launch what educators say may be the first comprehensive online graduate certificate program in fisheries management in the world. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332925.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:22:40 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332924.aspxAnybody who wants to launch a boat more than 10 feet long in Idaho waters will have to buy an Idaho Invasive Species Fund sticker. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332924.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:21:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/332923.aspxThe Crooked River Watershed Council has recently completed two projects that allow fish migrating the Crooked River to reach their spawning grounds. http://www.cbbulletin.com/332923.aspxThu, 30 Apr 2009 19:20:13 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331342.aspxThe public is invited to weigh in next week on budding plans to provide access for salmon to the upper reaches of central Washington's Cle Elum River, a tributary to the Yakima River. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331342.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 20:04:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331341.aspxCalifornia sea lion numbers at the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam are down so far this spring compared to recent years, and so is their "take" of migrating salmon and steelhead, according to preliminary data posted April 17 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331341.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 20:03:17 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331340.aspxNOAA's Fisheries Service on Monday issued a biological opinion that says the registration of two particular pesticide chemicals -- carbaryl and carbofuran -- posed a threat to 22 of the 28 Pacific salmon and steelhead stocks that are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and another, methomyl, jeopardizes 18 of the listed stocks. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331340.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 20:01:48 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331339.aspxThe Columbia River basin's 2009 upriver spring chinook run is finally starting to build, and fishers, now shutdown on the mainstem, are hoping the trend grows and grows. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331339.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:28 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331338.aspxThe first chinook salmon of spring have arrived at the lower Snake River's Lower Granite Dam, the last hurdle on their way back to Idaho and northeast Oregon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331338.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 19:58:44 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331336.aspxRivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a comprehensive study of global stream flows. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331336.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 19:57:15 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/331335.aspxThe potential "interactions" between fish and wildlife project implementation and Columbia River basin power system economics needs to be better analyzed as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council prepares its Sixth Power Plan, according to a new report by the Independent Economic Analysis Board. http://www.cbbulletin.com/331335.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 19:55:36 GMT