by Jeremy FiveCrows | Sep 16, 2013 | River Scenes, The Dipnetter
Twice a year, the CRITFC commission meeting is held on one of the member tribes’ reservations. The August meeting was hosted by the Nez Perce Tribe. Part of this on-site meeting was a tour for CRITFC and the visiting Columbia Gorge Commission to see some of the Nez...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Sep 16, 2013 | The Dipnetter
The CRITFC Enforcement has promoted Russell Spino to the rank of sergeant. Spino is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. He was first hired as a patrol officer in 2001 and served as a fisheries officer until 2004. He was then...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Sep 16, 2013 | The Dipnetter
CRITFC promoted 20-year CRITFC Enforcement veteran Sergeant Mitch Hicks to Chief of Enforcement effective August 1. Hicks is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes from the Fort Hall Reservation. “I am honored to lead one of the best enforcement entities in the...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jul 25, 2013 | The Dipnetter
NOAA Fisheries has awarded CRITFC $1.5 million for FY 2013 for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF), a $100,000 increase over last year. The CRITFC application was rated #2 of all of the applications submitted and #1 for all of the tribal applications....
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jun 20, 2013 | The Dipnetter
Leaders from the Umatilla, Yakama, Nez Perce, and Warm Springs tribes unanimously selected Nez Perce Tribal Councilman Joel Moffett to lead the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) as its new chairman today. Mr. Moffett is the vice chairman of the Nez...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jun 19, 2013 | The Dipnetter
On June 4, 2013 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a Lamprey Flume System at the Washington Shore fish ladder entrance of Bonneville Dam. This is the largest and most complex structural improvement yet made for lamprey and is significant due to the fact that...
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