Chinook As of 5/15/17, the current and recent past counts of Spring Chinook Salmon that have passed Bonneville dam and entered the Columbia River system are: 2017: 33,798 2016: 109,650 10 yr avg: 124,691 It appeared that the run had finally started to take off, but then river flows spiked and salmon returns slowed. Now, […]
Anemic return leads managers to close salmon fishing on Snake Area biolgists, hatchery officials monitoring the spring run of chinook Lewiston Tribune A new forecast that slashed the expected return of spring chinook to the Columbia River and its tributaries led Washington to close salmon fishing on the Snake River on Tuesday and cast uncertainty […]
The weekly update: A total of 234 spring Chinook salmon have crossed Lower Granite Dam as of 5/15/17. In 2016, a total of 29,544 had passed by now. The ten year average on this date is 25,823. A total of 7,258 steelhead have crossed as of 5/15/17. These are fish that spent the winter in-river. […]
High river flows can be hazardous for smolts Debris in bypass system blamed for death of salmon, steelhead young By ERIC BARKER of the Tribune Debris carried by high flows on the Snake River continues to cause fish passage problems at Little Goose Dam, about 70 miles west of Lewiston. Torn screens in the fish […]
The 2017 spring adult Chinook salmon and Steelhead migration to the Columbia River basin has begun. Bonneville dam is the first dam encountered by salmon and steelhead adults as they return to their natal waters to spawn. Fish destined for the middle and upper Columbia and Snake Rivers will encounter 3 more dams (The Dalles, […]
As of May 8th, 2017, a total of 92 spring Chinook had passed Lower Granite Dam on the lower Snake River. By this time last year, 4,814 had passed. And the 10-year average is 11,254. I was planning to go fishing this weekend, but I think that would be futile with so few Chinook in […]
A new report published by Oregon State University (OSU) and funded by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), blames ocean conditions in 2015 for the poor Chinook salmon runs that are predicted by Pacific Northwest fisheries managers in 2017. Ocean conditions, or the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), […]
Today we hand delivered a letter from Riggins, Idaho small businesses to Idaho Senator Risch’s staff in Boise. The letter stressed the economic importance of angling expenditures to small Idaho river communities and the need to recover the endangered salmon and steelhead. A PDF version is available here. Click on the image of the letter […]
PDF version can be found here. April 7, 2017 Nez Perce County Board of County Commissioners 1225 Idaho Street, PO Box 896 Lewiston, Idaho 83501-0896 Re: Comments to the US Army Corps of Engineers for the CRSO EIS Dear Sirs, I read with interest your comments submitted to the US Army […]
The 2017 spring adult Chinook salmon and Steelhead migration to the Columbia River basin has begun. Bonneville dam is the first dam encountered by salmon and steelhead adults as they return to their natal waters to spawn. Fish destined for the middle and upper Columbia and Snake Rivers will encounter 3 more dams (The Dalles, […]