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Salmon Runs in Perspective

Last year, biologists predicted major returns of some salmon stocks, a forecast partly based on the very high returns of jacks the previous year. When the run forecasts were presented to the commissioners, there was a general sense of “we’ll believe it when we see...

River Housing Review

As part of the Corps of Engineers’ tribal river housing review, it will conduct a series of interviews with tribal government representatives and elders who possess oral history of housing that existed along the Columbia River from present-day Bonneville Dam to McNary...
2012 Salmon Run: Year in Review

2012 Salmon Run: Year in Review

Chinook The 2012 spring chinook return was both late timed and just below the average size since 2000. The summer chinook and fall chinook returns were close to average sized and were average timed. Spring and summer jack chinook returns were below average. Fall...
Tribal River Housing Study

Tribal River Housing Study

On November 2, the US Army Corps of Engineers hosted a meeting at the Discovery Center in The Dalles. The meeting was in response to the tribes’ request that the Corps conduct a study of tribal housing and infrastructure needs along the Columbia River. The meeting...

Preparing for Winter

The end of the fall 2012 tribal salmon fishery marks the end of another productive and successful year for Columbia River salmon and the Indian fishers who depend on them. The numbers of returning salmon this year is a tribute to the four tribes’ hard work. Their...