by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 3, 2016 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
Umatilla tribal leader Jeremy Red Star Wolf assumed the CRITFC chairmanship after it was vacated by N. Kathryn Brigham in December. Jeremy Red Star Wolf is the current Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Feb 4, 2016 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
For the third year in a row, fall chinook returning to the Snake River have set a new record. Data released by the Nez Perce Tribe shows that a new record of 9,345 redds, or gravel nests, were built by returning adults in the Snake River Basin between Lower Granite...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Nov 4, 2015 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
For thousands of years, people have lived, worked and prayed along the Columbia River. The great river of the Northwest shapes the cultures of those who rely on its bounty. The river has experienced many changes in the past 200 years: overfishing, hydropower...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 14, 2015 | CRITFC News
Columbia River salmon restoration efforts reached another milestone when the 2015 fall chinook run set a new passage record at McNary Dam. The 4,672 chinook that passed on October 13 pushed the total number of fall chinook to 456,043 fish that have passed over McNary...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 12, 2015 | CRITFC News
by Jeremy FiveCrows, critfc public affairs “Everywhere you are, Indians have been.” This phrase captures the simple truth of the history of this land. Every hill; every creek; every meadow; every forest; every river on this continent has a story of its connection to...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 5, 2015 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
From the moment springs and creeks begin in the mountains, they begin a process of erosion, slowly eating away the rock and soil over which they flow. The water picks up bits of silt and sand on its journey to the sea and carries these materials as long as it has...
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