by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 9, 2023 | CRITFC News
WAPATIT N’CHII WANAPAMA NUSUX ‘Help the Columbia River Salmon’ The Bateman Island causeway is an artificial, non-permitted earthen pathway constructed to connect Bateman Island to the City of Richland. For over 80 years, the causeway has created a...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 7, 2023 | CRITFC News
CRITFC is pleased to announce that Donella Miller, a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, was selected to lead its Fishery Science Department, beginning this work on March 1. She is also a descendent of the Confederated Tribes of the...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 7, 2023 | CRITFC News
Salmon are just one of the sacred First Foods. As spring nears, members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Tribes (Umatilla) prepare for their season of feasts. Latit latit (Lomatium grayi, Indian celery) is one of the first plants harvested each spring by the...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Feb 22, 2023 | CRITFC News
After a colder and wetter winter than in recent years, the Columbia Basin is predicted to see slightly above average snowmelt runoff and higher water levels in the coming spring according to Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) Hydrologist and...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Nov 30, 2022 | CRITFC News
Salmon Claus and his helpers at the 2021 event. It’s that time of year again! Salmon Claus is making preparations to spread holiday cheer to the children and elders living at the tribal fishing access sites along the Columbia River. Each year, the Columbia River...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 5, 2022 | CRITFC News
The Oregon Health Authority has released a fish consumption advisory for Pacific lamprey in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Oregon due to high levels of mercury and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in lamprey tissue. This advisory is to limit people’s...
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