by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 31, 2015 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
by Kyle Dittmer, critfc meteorologist/hydrologist Rising rivers due to snowmelt is one of many cues that the Creator tells us that spring is here. The normal pattern of rising spring river levels is a cue to salmon smolts to move downriver as fast as possible, which...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 25, 2015 | CRITFC News
Tribal Salmon Camp 2015 CRITFC, in collaboration with the Nez Perce Tribe, is hosting Salmon Camp July 13 – 17, 2015. A limited number of incoming 6th-8th grade students from each of CRITFC’s four member tribes will be selected to attend this FREE week-long...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jan 26, 2015 | CRITFC News, ED's Message, The Dipnetter
For thousands of years, tribal cultures have been based on the First Foods that each came at their appointed time. Our calendars and travels were based on when these sacred foods—the salmon, the game, the roots, and the berries—were ready for harvest. Now, tragically,...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jan 26, 2015 | CRITFC News, River Scenes, The Dipnetter
Under a grant CRITFC received from the Potlatch Fund, Yakama artist Toma Villa has been working on painting murals and creating artwork to beautify the fishing access sites. Toma’s graffiti-style murals brightly depict tribal, natural, and historical themes. This...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jan 26, 2015 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
One of the main reasons the tribes created CRITFC in 1977 was to provide its member tribes with technical assistance on harvest, hatchery, water management, and fish passage issues. The CRITFC Fish Management Department does this in several ways. It tracks the...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jan 26, 2015 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
Despite off-and-on rain and snow since October, Columbia River basin weather patterns are coming back to normal, although it is still a little on the warm, dry side. In general, mountain snow stations show the water contained in Oregon and Washington snowpacks is...
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