salmon

According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, an emergency trap-and-truck operation of sockeye salmon bound for the Snake and Salmon rivers netted enough fish to sustain an elaborate hatchery program. IDFG announced Tuesday 201 salmon were captured at Lower Granite Dam last month and then driven to the Eagle Fish Hatchery in southwestern Idaho ...

Removing the Snake River dams will hurt not only the farming industry, but the residents of the Pacific Northwest and beyond, for years to come, that according to Columbia Grain International. Jeff Van Pevenage, President and CEO of CGI said removing the dams means grains will cost more, which will hit everyone in the pocketbook ...

Last week, a host of conservation groups, including the state of Oregon, asked a federal court to order more spill from dams along the lower Snake and Columbia rivers this spring. The groups said the additional water will help aid the migration of salmon and steelhead ...

Late last month, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall toured several farms in western Idaho, as well as the Snake River dams. Idaho Farm Bureau Federation President Bryan Searle said having Duvall in the Northwest to put a national spotlight on the issue of the Snake River dams was welcomed ...

Federal officials have proposed curtailing nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast especially in challenging years in an effort to assist Northwest endangered killer whales. NOAA Fisheries is taking public comment on the plan, which calls for restricting commercial and recreational salmon fishing when Chinook salmon forecasts are especially low ...

The four wheat grower associations across the Northwest recently sent a letter to Idaho Representative Mike Simpson, challenging him on the usage of the lower Snake River dams as well as other statistics. Simpson when presenting his case of why the dams should be removed, he claims those dams are not as vital to the Northwest farming community as they once were ...

Last week, Representative Dan Newhouse served as a keynote speaker at the Andrus Center for Public Policy’s 2021 Environmental Conference at Boise State University. The Conference, “Energy, Salmon, Agriculture and Community” focused on the survival of salmon, energy production and economic development across the Pacific Northwest. Other key note ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an expanded “drought emergency proclamation” for 41 of the state’s 58 counties. Newsom cited above-average temperatures and dry conditions in April and May, directing the state water board to consider modifying the requirements for reservoir releases and other conservation measures. In addition, th ...

Republican lawmakers from Washington and Oregon have expressed their frustration over conversations focused on a proposal to breach the four lower Snake River dams. Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse as well as Cliff Bentz issued a joint statement Wednesday after learning that the office of Idaho Representative Mike Simpson has been communicating with the office of Oregon Govern

Eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers is urging both Governor Jay Inslee and the Department of Ecology to protect Chinook stocks located in the Puget Sound. The Spokane area Republican said the state has proposed a new general pollution permit allowing 58 sewage treatment plants to discharge into Puget Sound. "A ...