Leveraging federal dollars and partnership muscle to unblock legendary wild fisheries on the OP
Small waters, big fish
Canoe Ridge/Ste Chapelle/Sawtooth Winery
Canoe Ridge Vineyard As legend has it, explorers Lewis and Clark noticed a ridge resembling an overturned canoe on their historic 1805 Columbia River journey. Today, that landmark is known as Canoe Ridge Vineyard, the namesake location of one of Washington State’s most recognized wine producers. Established in the Horse Heaven Hills in 1989, followed…
A lost steelhead history
Thanks to a new study, we now have a better sense of how many steelhead once returned to fabled OP rivers.
Renewing the call for recovery of Snake River salmon
Chris Wood is joining the leaders of other national conservation organizations to move forward with solutions for wild salmon recovery in the Snake River.
On the Elwha, dams came down, steelhead came back.
Wild summer-run steelhead, once prolific in the Elwha, were functionally extinct before the dams were removed. Six years later, they were back.
Soul of the Snake
Congressman, Nez Perce Tribal leader, TU CEO say: Those who care about the imperiled Snake River salmon and steelhead need to speak up on their behalf—now
Anglers, hunters and outdoor recreation companies to Biden administration: The dams must come out
The fact is that since the construction of the dams, we have never been able to get enough adults to the Snake River’s high-quality spawning waters to keep these fish off an extinction trajectory.