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Terry Courtney, Jr. Memorial

Warm Springs tribal elder Terry Courtney, Jr. demonstrating how to tie a net at the Celilo Falls Inundation 50th Anniversary Commemoration. Warm Springs tribal elder Terry Courtney Jr. passed away on June 15. Mr. Courtney served on the Warm Springs Fish & Wildlife...

2015 Year in Review

Record-breaking Salmon Run For the second time in 80 years, more than 2 million chinook, sockeye, coho and steelhead returned to tribal fishing and ceded areas above Bonneville Dam. Fall chinook contributed nearly half the total. (The returns include adults and...

Steelhead Kelt Reconditioning

In 1999 the Yakama Nation and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) partnered on a project to explore how innovative strategies could improve the successful repeat spawning of steelhead kelts in the Yakima River. The Yakama Nation’s kelt...

Methow Wenatchee R Coho

Coho salmon are once again navigating the waters of the Wenatchee and Methow rivers. Coho were essentially eliminated from these river systems during the 20th century. Impassable dams, overfishing, unscreened irrigation diversions, habitat degradation, and hatchery...