by ebs-admin | Jan 12, 2017 | Restoration Successes
A Warm Springs Tribe project in Oregon’s Upper Middle Fork John Day River A restored, meandering river flows through the Oxbow Area of the Middle Fork John Day River. Photo courtesy Laura Gephart, CRITFC. When we do something, it’s not only for the tribes; but...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
In 1999 the Yakama Nation and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) partnered on a project to explore how innovative strategies could improve the successful repeat spawning of steelhead kelts in the Yakima River. The Yakama Nation’s kelt...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
Coho salmon are once again navigating the waters of the Wenatchee and Methow rivers. Coho were essentially eliminated from these river systems during the 20th century. Impassable dams, overfishing, unscreened irrigation diversions, habitat degradation, and hatchery...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
The Walla Walla River subbasin is located within the northeast portion of the aboriginal title lands of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The headwaters of the Walla Walla River are in the Blue Mountains and contain important salmonid...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
Emerging from the Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon, Lookingglass Creek travels through the Umatilla National Forest then through private land before entering the Grande Ronde River, a tributary of the Snake River. With five major tributaries—Lost Creek, Summer Creek,...
by ebs-admin | Nov 9, 2012 | Restoration Successes
Researchers found hatchery-reared salmon that spawned with wild salmon had the same reproductive success as salmon left to spawn in the wild, according to a study of the Nez Perce Tribe’s Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement Project. The study focused on a...
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