DPS STATUS AND DESCRIPTION:   Listed as an endangered species on Aug. 18, 1997; status upgraded to threatened on Jan. 5, 2006; reinstated to endangered status per U.S. District Court decision in June 2007. The DPS includes all naturally spawned anadromous O. mykiss (steelhead) populations below natural and man-made impassable barriers in streams in the Columbia River Basin upstream from the Yakima River, Washington, to the U.S.-Canada border, as well six artificial propagation programs: the Wenatchee River, Wells Hatchery (in the Methow and Okanogan Rivers), Winthrop NFH, Omak Creek, and the Ringold steelhead hatchery programs.

CRITICAL HABITAT STATUS: A final designation was published on Sept. 2, 2005 (PDF 9.7MB), with an effective date of Jan. 2, 2006.

PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS:  The take prohibitions of Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act that apply to this ESU.

STATUS REVIEWS & UPDATES:  Click here to view a list.

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES: Click here to view a list.

MAPS & GIS DATA: Click here to view.