CRITFC News
News and announcements from the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
Nearly 100 people attended this year’s Columbia River Indian Fishers Expo in Hood River. It provided Indian fishers with information, resources, and training that will help them improve river safety, fish quality, and equipment maintenance.
A new report shows that the Columbia River Basin’s natural capital provides $198 billion in value annually, in food, water, flood risk reduction, recreation, habitat, aesthetic and other benefits. A modest 10% increase in ecosystem function would add $19 billion per year to the basin’s value.
CRITFC Chairman Leland Bill and Representative Jaime Herrera-Beutler (R-WA). Chairman Bill testified before Congress in support of H.R. 2083, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act. It seeks to give the tribes the same removal authority that the states have to deal with sea lion predation on endangered salmon populations.
“Greg grew up as a Columbia River fisherman and worked over the past 20 years helping to restore and protect the salmon runs, which he was doing when this tragic accident happened. He loved the river and saw the importance of his job protecting salmon. We can now say that he truly dedicated his life to this effort.”
Jaime Pinkham, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe with more than three decades of experience in...
A Warm Springs Tribe project on a damaged stretch of the Middle Fork John Day River is now unrecognizable. Thanks to these efforts, the ecosystem is well on its way to restoration.
A Warm Springs Tribe project in Oregon's Upper Middle Fork John Day RiverA restored, meandering...
CRITFC Hatchery Production Coordinator Maureen Hess was selected as a board member for the Oregon...
The 2016 Future of Our Salmon Conference theme is “Healthy Floodplains, Living Rivers” to highlight the vital role of floods and floodplains to healthy rivers. The tribes viewed floods as natural occurrences that helped heal and sustain the land. Hopefully the efforts to undo the damage that avoiding floods and controlling rivers has done will gain broader support. By working together, we can help rivers act like rivers again.
Yakama Nation leader Patrick Luke was sworn in July 28 as the 2016-2017 chairman of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. He was selected by his peers from the Warm Springs, Yakama, Nez Perce, and Umatilla tribes to lead CRITFC at their June meeting.
Climate change is real and, unfortunately, the effects appear to be in motion. We are witnessing...
Representative Earl Blumenauer and Senator Jeff Merkley were guided on a tour by tribal leaders to see firsthand the tribal river housing crisis.