by Jeremy FiveCrows | Apr 21, 2023 | CRITFC News
Kyle Dittmer, CRITFC Hydrologist-Meteorologist 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 also a cue to salmon smolts to move downriver as fast as possible which...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 22, 2023 | CRITFC News
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission’s (CRITFC) Laurie Porter wins the 2023 Oregon Chapter of American Fisheries Society (ORAFS) Award of Merit for her work in lamprey. The ORAFS Award of Merit is presented to recipients who make major contributions to...
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...
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