http://www.cbbulletin.com/default.aspxColumbia Basin Bulletin recent articlesFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:04 GMTSmartSolutions.Impact, Version=2.5.1383.11229, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=nullhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60http://www.cbbulletin.com/lunarlogo.gifhttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294206.aspxAfter three hours of legal debate, U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman said Wednesday that his "tentative thoughts now" were that NOAA's Fisheries Service had complied with federal law in granting authority for the lethal removal of California sea lions from below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294206.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:04 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294205.aspxA stronger spring chinook salmon run and the larger contingent of predatory sea lions below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam added up this spring to a jump in overall fish consumption over last year, according to a 2008 field report released this week by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294205.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:28:48 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294204.aspxIf higher summertime flows are indeed a benefit for salmon, upper and mid-Columbia fish could well be the first to benefit from a plan to release more water from behind Grand Coulee Dam for a variety of uses. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294204.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:27:24 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294203.aspxA settlement has been reached in long-running litigation over the best way to recover the Kootenai River white sturgeon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294203.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:26:08 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294202.aspxThe flow of endangered sockeye salmon into central Idaho's Stanley basin has slowed, but the last few stragglers serve to pad a record return to the hatchery program that is keeping the species alive. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294202.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:24:53 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294201.aspxA coalition of fishing and conservation groups is seeking to expand litigation that challenges the federal government's salmon protection plan with charges that the Columbia/Snake river hydro system is being operated in violation of the Clean Water Act. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294201.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:23:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294200.aspxA team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature -- pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the nitrogen and phosphorous necessary to support high biological production. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294200.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:22:18 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294199.aspxFishery officials aren't quite ready to jack up their estimates of the size of this year's fall chinook salmon run to the Columbia River basin. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294199.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:04 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294198.aspxAlthough most people imagine wolves chasing deer and other hoofed animals, new research suggests that, when they can, wolves actually prefer fishing to hunting. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294198.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:19:32 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294197.aspxThe Northwest Power and Conservation Council Thursday has issued its draft 2008 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for public review and comment through Oct. 30. http://www.cbbulletin.com/294197.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:18:31 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294196.aspxShould the Pacific Northwest take advantage of its clean, cold ocean water and its links to Pacific Rim countries by developing an offshore aquaculture program? http://www.cbbulletin.com/294196.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:17:16 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/294195.aspxCBB Shorts: Willamette River Website; OSU Climate Research Institute; Yakima Basin Water Flip-Flop Ops; Salmon, Trout Enhancement Conference; Lower Snake Hatchery Recommendations; Oregon Environmental Grant Funds Available http://www.cbbulletin.com/294195.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:15:31 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292610.aspxStarting Sunday (Aug. 31), the Buoy 10 area near the mouth of the Columbia River will be closed to all salmon and steelhead fishing. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292610.aspxFri, 29 Aug 2008 01:55:49 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292576.aspxDraft amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program won approval Thursday by a 6-2 vote during a special meeting of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292576.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 23:01:32 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292574.aspxSockeye salmon will be in the spotlight Tuesday when Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter takes part in two special events marking Idaho's largest sockeye run in more than three decades. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292574.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 22:54:43 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292566.aspxFederal, state and Humane Society attorneys continued legal arguments during the past few weeks over Congress' intent in allowing the lethal removal of sea lions only if they are having a "significant" negative impact on protected salmon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292566.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:36 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292565.aspxToo few upriver fall chinook salmon had been counted passing the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam through midweek to upgrade estimates of the size of the 2008 return. But one thing's for certain. The fishing has been good. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292565.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:19 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292564.aspxThe Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program just got a little more lucrative for anglers who catch pikeminnow in September, thanks to a new weekly drawing that will distribute five weekly prizes worth $2,000 each. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292564.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:42:57 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292563.aspxTribal, state and federal representatives explained why Oregon’s fish consumption rate should be dramatically increased to protect public health when the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission met in Hermiston Friday, Aug. 22. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292563.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:41:46 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292562.aspx"A bunch of volunteers" from south-central Washington continues to make the pitch for construction of the so-called Black Rock Dam and reservoir to store water for fields, cities and salmon in the Yakima River watershed. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292562.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:40:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/292561.aspxFishing in Idaho generated $437,631,735 in statewide retail sales in 2003 with an additional $12,289,806 for fishing licenses and permits. http://www.cbbulletin.com/292561.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:39:18 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291568.aspx"Independent" scientists will remain on the sideline as attorneys plunge into arguments this autumn over the legality of the latest federal Columbia/Snake river hydro system salmon protection plan. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291568.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:58:47 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291566.aspxThe list of combatants continues to grow in litigation over how federal Columbia/Snake river dams manipulate a limited, coveted resource -- water. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291566.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:55:53 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291565.aspxMuch work needs to be done to assess potential impacts to salmon, steelhead and other species that would result if a plan to replace Portland's Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River moves forward, according to fish and wildlife management officials. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291565.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:54:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291564.aspxThe Northwest Power and Conservation Council last week gave the go-ahead for the Yakama Nation to launch into final design for new Klickitat River subbasin hatchery facilities that have an estimated cost of $36.9 million. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291564.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:53:20 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291563.aspxThe Columbia/Snake river basin's most beleaguered salmon stock -- Snake River sockeye -- has continued its 2008 surge with total returns through Thursday nearly doubling the previous record annual return for a species now kept afloat by a hatchery captive broodstock program. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291563.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:52:10 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291562.aspxHigh catch rates -- particularly of "upriver brights" -- have prompted the states Oregon and Washington to end retention of chinook salmon a week earlier than planned in the Buoy 10 fishery at the Columbia River's mouth. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291562.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:51:06 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291561.aspxLimited sales have been ongoing, but Tuesday start of the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama tribes' fall commercial fishery will increase the number of chinook, coho, steelhead, walleye, shad and carp available for purchase by the public directly from tribal fishers. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291561.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:49:46 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291560.aspxAt Wanapum Dam this week, elected officials, heads of governmental agencies, tribes, and the community celebrated Grant County Public Utility District's receipt of a new, 44-year federal license to operate Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291560.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:48:27 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291559.aspxThe Coeur d'Alene Lake kokanee fishery will close effective Tuesday, Sept. 2, after the Labor Day weekend. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291559.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:47:10 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291558.aspxThe Bureau of Reclamation has selected a new tribal liaison officer for the Pacific Northwest to represent the agency in working with tribes and others in implementing new agreements and related interagency programs aimed at improving Columbia River Basin fish stocks. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291558.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:44:40 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291122.aspxThursday's catch of 15 salmon in Idaho's Stanley basin pushed the seasonal total, 263, to an all-time record for the 17-year-old Idaho Sockeye Salmon Captive Broodstock Program. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291122.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:49 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291121.aspxThe time is likely not ripe to call on independent scientists to evaluate whether a new federal government plan for the Columbia/Snake river hydro system is adequate to avoid jeopardizing the survival of salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291121.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:56:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291120.aspxSaying it wants to refute "erroneous views concerning the relationship between river velocity and salmon survival to be proffered by the State of Oregon and plaintiffs," the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association has asked to intervene in renewed litigation over the adequacy of the federal government's Columbia/Snake river hydro system salmon protection strategy. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291120.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:55:11 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291119.aspxA federal judge on Wednesday put his stamp of approval on a new 10-year agreement guiding salmon harvest and hatchery production on the Columbia River with the goals of rebuilding weak fish populations and providing sustainable fisheries. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291119.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:53:46 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291118.aspxThe Northwest Power and Conservation Council came to an agreement this week, though not unanimous in all respects, on draft strategies that could guide its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for the next five years. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291118.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:52:20 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291116.aspxA draft "biological opinion" released at the end of July has determined that the registration and use of three pesticides -- chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion -- jeopardize the survival of 28 West Coast salmon stocks. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291116.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:50:48 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291115.aspxA better-than-anticipated catch in "early August" fisheries forced the Columbia River Compact on Monday to rescind a scheduled 12-hour midweek commercial fishery in order to keep the fall chinook harvest in check. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291115.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:49:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291114.aspxLake Koocanusa and Hungry Horse Reservoir will drop 20 feet below full pool over the next couple months, and it will happen in a way that has been long fought for by the state of Montana. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291114.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:47:39 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291113.aspxAbout a dozen people gathered at the Idaho Power substation on Amity Road in east Boise on a recent warm summer morning. Several trucks stood ready, loaded with boxes of pasteurized, frozen salmon and steelhead carcasses, and bags of manufactured pelletized fertilizer -- known to biologists as salmon "analogue" meant to simulate dead salmon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291113.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:46:37 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291112.aspxThe Northwest Power and Conservation Council on Wednesday recommended adding $1.4 million to the budgets of two Willamette River valley fish and wildlife projects aimed at protecting valuable habitat. http://www.cbbulletin.com/291112.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:45:07 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/291111.aspxCBB Shorts: Spotted Owl Habitat; Bliss Rapids Snail http://www.cbbulletin.com/291111.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 20:44:00 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289613.aspxBefore the real battle begins, litigants will debate whether independent scientists should be employed during a legal review of the government's new strategy for assuring that the federal Columbia/Snake river hydro system avoids jeopardizing the survival of salmon and steelhead stocks protected under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289613.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:55:31 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289612.aspxThe first 14 of what is hoped to be a bumper crop of Snake River sockeye salmon had arrived in central Idaho's high country through Thursday. That's already double the return of the previous two years combined. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289612.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:53:33 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289610.aspxA coalition of fishing and environmental groups this week settled a lawsuit with the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding the impacts of pesticides upon federally protected salmon and steelhead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289610.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:52:15 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289609.aspxPink salmon are a species whose presence is so subtle and slight in the Columbia River that it gets little or no mention in state literature or regulations. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289609.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:51:01 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289608.aspxA hail of criticism from states, tribes and others has been showered on a federal assessment of environment impacts that would result from the proposed construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal on the banks of the Columbia River. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289608.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:49:44 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289607.aspxThe Idaho Department of Fish and Game this week released its draft plan for reviving flagging populations of white sturgeon, a popular game fish found in the Snake River. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289607.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:48:22 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289606.aspxA mechanical breakdown at central Idaho's Dworshak Dam will limit fish and hydro managers' ability this summer to control the reservoir's cool waters to augment flows downriver and, more importantly, help hold down water temperatures for migrating salmon and steelhead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289606.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:46:30 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289605.aspxThe governors of California, Oregon and Washington this week launched an action plan to address ocean and coastal management issues along the West Coast. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289605.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:45:03 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289604.aspxThis summer Oregon is asking residents to recommend specific sites to be considered for marine reserves. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289604.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:44:03 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289603.aspxThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced several changes in assignment for members of its leadership team, including changes for the Pacific Region. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289603.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:42:49 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/289601.aspxAquaculture shows significant economic potential and good prospects for success in the United States, according to a new report commissioned by NOAA. http://www.cbbulletin.com/289601.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 18:41:27 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288974.aspxOlney “JP” Patt, Jr. Monday announced his resignation as the executive director of the Portland, Oregon based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission effective August 1st, 2008, citing personal and family considerations. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288974.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 21:07:32 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288973.aspxThe state of Oregon on Tuesday asked the U.S. District Court to send federal agencies back to the drawing board to develop a Columbia/Snake hydro system strategy that makes imperiled salmon stocks, not the power system, the top priority. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288973.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 21:06:18 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288972.aspxThe idea has surfaced once again to employ "independent" scientists in legal proceedings over the how the federal Columbia/Snake river hydro should be operated to provide the most benefit for migrating salmon and steelhead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288972.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 21:03:17 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288971.aspxA vastly changed landscape has allowed non-native species to flourish to the point they now "represent major impediments to the restoration of native salmonids in the Columbia River Basin," according to a recently completed Independent Scientific Advisory Board report. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288971.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 21:01:59 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288970.aspxEye popping numbers of sockeye returning to the Columbia River basin this year have fishery experts speculating about the cause of the spike. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288970.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 21:00:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288969.aspx"Congress entrusted NMFS with determining when impacts reach the level of 'significant'" in deciding whether lethal removal should be used to reduce sea lion predation on salmon and steelhead stocks that are listed under the Endangered Species Act, according to documents filed by the federal government in U.S. District. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288969.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:58:58 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288968.aspxA landmark agreement was signed last week that opens the possibility that the first new water rights in decades could be granted to Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association members while assuring that flows for salmon and steelhead aren't diminished. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288968.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:56:54 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288967.aspxAnglers at the Columbia River mouth will get the first shot at returning fall chinook salmon this year with the Buoy 10 fishery opening Aug. 1 and stretching throughout the month while lower river fishers remain idled until Sept. 1. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288967.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:55:28 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288966.aspxEnvironmental organizations say they have won a battle this week in the effort slow the spread of invasive species in the Columbia River, Great Lakes and other ports of call. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288966.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:54:26 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288965.aspxA new report prepared for the Oregon Invasive Species Council concludes that the state needs to more strongly consider the economic consequences of addressing invasive species and not just focus attention on the biology and ecology. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288965.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:53:16 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288964.aspxThe collapse of the Sacramento River chinook salmon run may be another lesson on the importance of coming to grips with the biocomplexity behind successful salmon runs, says University of Washington researchers. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288964.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:51:59 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288963.aspxCBB Shorts: Flathead Lakes Get Westslope Cutthroat; Wolves Under ESA Again; Oregon Wolf Pack Includes Pups; USFWS Seeks ESA Grant Proposals From States; Idaho Tallies Salmon Season Results; Columbia Sturgeon Season Modified http://www.cbbulletin.com/288963.aspxFri, 25 Jul 2008 20:50:38 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288216.aspxEfforts to boost Columbia River basin salmon survivals are being undercut by toxic chemicals that impact fish health and disease resistance, according scientists from NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288216.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 20:03:27 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288215.aspxThe Northwest Power and Conservation Council this week debated how deeply they should plunge into a pool of issues that would be addressed for the first time in its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288215.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 20:02:04 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288214.aspxThe Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission declined to vote Thursday on a motion to suspend the use of a fish toxin as part of a westslope cutthroat restoration project in the South Fork Flathead Basin. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288214.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:07 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288213.aspxMainstem Columbia/Snake River hydroelectric operations planned in NOAA Fisheries Service's 2008 biological opinion are expected to cost the region's ratepayers an estimated $15 million more per year as compared with 2004 BiOp provisions, according to analysis prepared by Northwest Power and Conservation staff. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288213.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:58:53 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288212.aspxStaff members this week were urged to produce details regarding the resources necessary to move forward with an envisioned Columbia River Basin Center of Information -- a comprehensive, publicly accessible repository of information about the basin in its international dimensions. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288212.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:57:29 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288211.aspxA group of scientists has used deep ocean-floor drilling and experiments to show that volcanic rocks off the West Coast and elsewhere might be used to securely imprison huge amounts of globe-warming carbon dioxide captured from power plants or other sources. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288211.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:56:11 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288209.aspxN. Kathryn "Kat" Brigham, one of the founders of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, has been chosen by fellow commissioners to lead the organization for July 2008 through June 2009. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288209.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:54:35 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288208.aspxThe forests of the future may need to be managed as much for a sustainable supply of clean water as any other goal, researchers say in a new federal report -- but even so, forest resources will offer no "quick fix" to the insatiable, often conflicting demands for that precious resource. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288208.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:53:33 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288207.aspxCBB Shorts: Re-Introducing Chinook To Upper Klamath; Wash. Road-Kill Verified As Wolf; Offshore Aquaculture Forum; Idaho Wolf Killings http://www.cbbulletin.com/288207.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:13 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/288206.aspx** From Jim Esch, Boise, Idaho: Dear Editor, I have a few comments regarding the recent posting by John McKern of Walla Walla on the spawning habitat for Snake River fall chinook salmon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/288206.aspxFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:49:48 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287047.aspxA long-sought, and the first ever, "biological opinion" for federal multi-purpose dams in Oregon's Willamette River basin was released today, outlining actions NOAA Fisheries Service says will avoid jeopardy to imperiled fish stocks and spur their recovery. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287047.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:50:47 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287046.aspxNOAA Fisheries, in effect, rewrote language in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and ignored other language, in granting authority for the lethal removal of California sea lions that prey on salmon below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, according to a motion filed last week in U.S. District Court asking that the decision be rescinded. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287046.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:49:37 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287045.aspxThis year's surprising run-in-progress is already known to include more of the Columbia River Basin's most imperiled salmon stock – Snake River sockeye – than in any year since 1976. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287045.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:48:42 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287044.aspxSalmon and hydro managers reached a rare consensus this week at the "technical" level on Libby and Hungry Horse dam summertime operations that aim to better meet the needs of resident fish while still providing flow augmentation for migrating salmon far downstream in the Columbia River. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287044.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:47:37 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287043.aspxColumbia/Snake river hydro controllers learned a not-so-hard lesson recently when an unanticipated boost in wind power into the transmission system forced increased spill, which boosts total dissolved gas that can be harmful to migrating juvenile salmon. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287043.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:46:22 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287041.aspxAfter two years of discussions with state and federal officials, residents in Washington's upper Columbia River region have netted a 10-year agreement that provides certainty to their fishing future, and potential reductions in impacts on protected salmon and steelhead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287041.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:45:12 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287040.aspxThe Columbia River Compact on Thursday approved tribal commercial fisheries in mainstem reservoirs above Bonneville in each of the next two weeks targeting summer chinook and sockeye salmon and steelhead. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287040.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:43:59 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287038.aspxThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published the final rule designating approximately 18.3 river miles of the Kootenai River as critical habitat for the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon, a rare fish found in Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287038.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:42:31 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287037.aspxThe Washington Department of Ecology is preparing a supplemental environmental impact statement that will explore additional options for improving water supplies and fish habitat in the Yakima River Basin. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287037.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:41:18 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287036.aspxWhen it comes to understanding rivers, the University of Idaho's Center for Ecohydraulics Research in Boise is the place to do it. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287036.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:40:22 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287035.aspxOlympic National Park was created in 1938, in part "to preserve the finest sample of primeval forests in the entire United States" – but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that this preservation goal has failed, as a result of the elimination of wolves and subsequent domination of the temperate rainforests by herds of browsing elk. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287035.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:39:19 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287034.aspxWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists believe a gray wolf pack may exist in western Okanogan County, based on results of a howling survey there July 8. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287034.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:37:59 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287033.aspxJune 2008 was the 27th warmest June for the contiguous United States, based on records dating back to 1895, according to an analysis by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287033.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:35:36 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287032.aspxA new Pacific Coast Collaborative agreement between British Columbia, Washington, California, Oregon and Alaska is intended to forge a partnership and a forum for cooperative action on issues affecting the Pacific coast region. http://www.cbbulletin.com/287032.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:34:31 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/287031.aspxCBB Shorts: Yakima Basin Water Supply; Upper Salmon Chinook Fishing; Dead Fish in Coeur D'Alene Area Lakes; Imnaha, Wallowa Chinook Fishing; Columbia Oil Spill Cleanup; WDFW Seeks Salmon Recovery Board Member; New Commander For Corps' Walla Walla District http://www.cbbulletin.com/287031.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:32:59 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283155.aspxThe captive broodstock hatchery program that has kept the endangered Snake River sockeye salmon population afloat has begun an expansion aimed, through sheer numbers, at helping revive the stock and providing better understanding of its problems. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283155.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:46:29 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283154.aspxProtected salmon stocks would be adversely affected by the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Columbia River estuary, but a proposed mitigation package would largely balance the biological ledger, according to a final environmental impact statement produced by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283154.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:44:48 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283153.aspxAfter years of technical exchanges, the Yakama Nation appears ready to take a big first step toward its goals of boosting supplementation of endangered spring chinook salmon and steelhead and increasing fall chinook and coho returns to the Klickitat River basin for harvest. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283153.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:43:36 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283152.aspxWhile the peak may have been reached, counts of spawning sockeye salmon remain high enough at the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam to prompt a big jump in the forecast return. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283152.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:41:42 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283151.aspxUnlike some West Coast salmon stocks that have or are expected to nosedive, the Columbia River basin's upriver spring chinook run trended upward this year. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283151.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:40:34 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283149.aspxThe state of Idaho this week asked Judge James A. Redden to dismiss a new challenge to the federal government's Columbia/Snake river salmon protection plan, saying the U.S. District Court does not have current jurisdiction in the lawsuit. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283149.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:31:37 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283148.aspxWorld marketed energy consumption is projected to grow by 50 percent between 2005 and 2030, driven by robust economic growth and expanding populations in the world's developing countries, according to the International Energy Outlook 2008 released this week by the Energy Information Administration. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283148.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:29:41 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283147.aspxThe Washington Department of Ecology has granted an extension of three months for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, lower Columbia River ports and a Southwest Washington family to reach agreement on a property purchase that will replace wetlands loss from the Columbia River channel deepening project that is under way. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283147.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:27:15 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283146.aspxNOAA announced today that seven stocks have been removed from the overfishing list and no new stocks added in their annual report to Congress on the status of fishing stocks. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283146.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:26:03 GMThttp://www.cbbulletin.com/283144.aspxI would like to thank the 733 readers who took the time to respond to the 10-question, non-scientific Columbia Basin Bulletin survey. The results, along with the many useful written comments, will be used to help the CBB better respond to readers' information needs. http://www.cbbulletin.com/283144.aspxFri, 27 Jun 2008 20:25:04 GMT