by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
The Walla Walla River subbasin is located within the northeast portion of the aboriginal title lands of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The headwaters of the Walla Walla River are in the Blue Mountains and contain important salmonid...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
Emerging from the Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon, Lookingglass Creek travels through the Umatilla National Forest then through private land before entering the Grande Ronde River, a tributary of the Snake River. With five major tributaries—Lost Creek, Summer Creek,...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
Researchers found hatchery-reared salmon that spawned with wild salmon had the same reproductive success as salmon left to spawn in the wild, according to a study of the Nez Perce Tribe’s Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement Project. The study focused on a...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
Coho salmon were officially declared extirpated, or non-existent, in 1985 in the Clearwater and other Snake River subbasins in Idaho. This was unacceptable to the Nez Perce Tribe. Understanding the cultural and ecological significance of coho to the Clearwater River,...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
A tribal success story photo: Jeffrey Rich In 1930, the annual Snake River fall chinook run was around half a million fish annually. In 1990, only 78 returned to Lower Granite Dam, the last of the lower Snake River dams before entering Idaho. It appeared that this run...
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