Currents
Future of Our Salmon Conference a Success
Pauline Terbasket, Executive Director, Okanagan Nation Alliance in front of the graphic poster of the conference. In the final panel was the theme that tied the whole conference together: “Water is Life” and our rivers are sacred and must be defended. The Columbia...
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On Wednesday 2 chinook passed Bonneville Dam. So far 441,179 have passed this year.
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Fish Counts at Dam
Chinook Season Graph
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Fish Counts for Wed, Dec 21
Steelhead13- Sat, 12/17
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Data courtesy the Fish Passage Center. Count information generally updates the following morning depending on the dam and day of the week. CRITFC synchronizes data with the Fish Passage Center every 30 minutes to ensure these are the most current results. Weekend counts are typically posted on the following Monday.
Restoration Science
CRITFC provides the tribes and the region with invaluable biological and ecological research, fisheries management, and other science to support the protection and restoration of Columbia River Basin salmon, lamprey, and sturgeon. The tribal vision is rebuild salmon, lamprey, and sturgeon populations to full productivity. Continue Reading »
Fishing Rights
In coordination with and under the direction of the member tribes, CRITFC’s team of lawyers, policy analysts, and fisheries enforcement officers work to ensure that tribal treaty rights are protected. We also work closely with state and federal agencies to ensure fair harvest sharing between the tribal and non-tribal fisheries. Continue Reading »
Climate Change
The sacred First Foods and the tribal cultures based on them are threatened by our changing climate. The tribes are working to prepare for the coming changes, including helping salmon in an altered climate with habitat projects designed to cool down tributaries and exploring alternative hydrosystem operations. Continue Reading »
To ensure a unified voice in the overall
management of the fishery resources, and as
managers, to protect reserved treaty rights
through the exercise of the inherent sovereign
powers of the tribes.
– CRITFC mission
