Results for keyword: Salmon
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Tribes fight to clear the roads for salmon
Twenty tribes file suit against the state of Washington, saying that the state violates treaty rights by not repairing the thousands of culverts that prevent endangered salmon from returning to their spawning grounds.
by Andrew Engelson, Jul 02, 2001 -
Tribes scale salmon harvest
The Yakama, Nez Perce, Umatilla and Warm Springs tribes have agreed to a new system, under which their annual take of salmon will be based on a sliding scale that adjusts to wild salmon returns.
by Kirsten Bovee, May 07, 2001 -
Plan protects foresters, not fish
Washington state's much-hyped "Forests and Fish" plan is being criticized by scientists, environmentalists, fishermen and tribes as a sell-out to the timber industry likely to hasten the salmon's decline.
by Tim McNulty, Apr 23, 2001 -
The tale of a salmon slinger
On a tributary of Oregon's Nehalem River, the writer worked with Fish and Wildlife biologist Michele Long to scatter the carcasses of hatchery salmon, which feed a wide range of wildlife.
by Karen Mockler, Mar 26, 2001 -
Salmon feel the heat
The Army Corps of Engineers has been ordered to come up with a plan to lower salmon-endangering high temperatures and gas content in the Snake River.
by Kirsten Bovee, Mar 26, 2001 -
Sex-swappin' salmon
Salmon researchers are puzzled by their discovery that 84 percent of female salmon sampled tested positive for a male genetic marker, suggesting that these females began life as males.
by Kirsten Bovee, Feb 12, 2001 -
Salmon plan grows a few teeth
The Clinton administration's final Northwest salmon plan is tougher than earlier versions, but still stops short of dismantling four federal dams on the Snake River.
by Mike Stark, Jan 15, 2001 -
Snake River salmon and steelhead
Students and faculty from Reed College in Portland, Ore., are doing a Web survey to determine how much people value the restoration of Snake River salmon and steelhead.
by Staff, Nov 06, 2000 -
Killing salmon to save the species
Northwestern hatcheries now kill excess hatchery salmon to prevent captive-bred fish from weakening wild species, but critics, including some Indian tribes, say this is wasteful and unnecessary.
by Mike Stark, Oct 09, 2000 -
Salmon Corps
The Salmon Corps trains young Native Americans in stream restoration work in the Northwest.
by Beth Wohlberg, Sep 11, 2000
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