| Federal judge rejects Humane Society challenge to sea lion management |
26 Nov 2008
The tribes expressed strong support today for a federal court ruling against a humane society lawsuit that sought to block the removal of predatory sea lions from Bonneville Dam.
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| Collaborative
effort launches rulemaking process for revised water quality standard |
23 October 2008
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) and its
member tribes commended the State of Oregon’s Environmental
Quality Commission (EQC) today for their unanimous vote to approve
an action that begins a yearlong rulemaking process to revise Oregon’s
toxic criteria for human health.
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| CRITFC
and basin tribes petition for rehearing on LNG decision |
20 Oct 2008
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe are
joining the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
the states of Washington and Oregon and a coalition of public interest
groups in filing a request for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) to reconsider its premature approval of a liquefied natural
gas (LNG) terminal at the Bradwood Landing site in the Columbia
River estuary.
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| 25th
annual Oxbow Salmon Festival anticipating sun and salmon |
6
October 2008
Metro’s Salmon
Festival celebrates the fall Chinook that spawn in the Sandy River
along Oxbow Regional Park. About 10,000 young and young-at-heart visitors
will descend on the event October 11-12, 2008 to enjoy guided river
walks, music, craft activities and CRITFC’s Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Village.
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| Columbia
River Treaty Tribes Plan to Appeal FERC’s Flawed Decision on Bradwood
LNG Project |
18 Sept 2008
The Columbia River treaty tribes expressed disappointment today
over the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s conditional
approval of a liquefied natural gas terminal in the heart of the
Columbia River estuary.
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| Fall
tribal commercial fishery beginning |
19 August 2008
Bright and early on Tuesday morning tribal fishers will begin their
main Columbia River Fall Chinook commercial fishing season; providing
the public with ample opportunities to purchase fresh, Indian-caught
salmon directly from tribal fishers.
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| 10-year
Agreement Forged for Columbia River Salmon Harvest, Production |
13
August 2008
A new 10-year agreement
guiding salmon harvest and production on the Columbia River, approved
yesterday by a federal judge, provides a long-term framework for rebuilding
weak fish populations and conducting sustainable fisheries.
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| Tribes
express concern, offer enforcement aid to lamprey/steelhead dumping investigation |
8
August 2008
Columbia River tribal leaders expressed concern today over the
discovery of dumped and wasted steelhead and Pacific lamprey at
Celilo Park on the Columbia River.
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| Olney
“JP” Patt, Jr. steps down as CRITFC executive director |
21 July 2008
Olney “JP”
Patt, Jr. today announced his resignation as the executive director
of the Portland, Oregon-based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
effective August 1st, 2008.
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| Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Welcomes its 2008-2009 Officers |
16 July 2008
The newly elected officers of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
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| Columbia
River Tribal Salmon Harvest Returns! |
18 June 2008
Members of the salmon-loving
community can take heart, local salmon is available. The highly anticipated
tribal summer fishery will begin to satisfy local appetites for the
best salmon available.
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| Columbia
River Chinook returns boosted under new US/Canada salmon agreement |
22
May 2008
Negotiators from the
United States and Canada today announced completion of a ten-year
agreement for Chinook management under the Pacific Salmon Treaty that
promotes sustainability through reductions in ocean fisheries and
funding of improved assessment programs.
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| Officials
recover body of one Yakama fisher today, two other remain lost
Multi-agency search effort continues |
18
May 2008
Officials today recovered
the body of Yakama Nation tribal fisherman, James Peter Jr., who went
missing along with two other Yakama Fishers on May 7th, 2008.
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| Multi-agency
search continues for three tribal fishermen missing on the Columbia
River |
9
May 2008
The Yakama Nation Fisheries
Enforcement, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement, Skamania
County Sheriff’s Office, and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
are continuing search efforts for three tribal fishermen who went
missing on the Columbia River Wednesday morning when they failed to
return from salmon fishing.
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| Tribes
open prized spring fishery for the first time years |
5
May 2008
For the first time
in several years, fishers from the four Columbia River Treaty Tribes
will be selling the most coveted of all the Columbia River salmon,
the prized spring Chinook.
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| Tribes and feds end decades of legal battles to begin new era |
2
May 2008
Years of divisiveness
over salmon recovery efforts in the Columbia River Basin ended today
for the tribes and federal agencies that signed unprecedented agreements
designed to deliver specific, scientifically valid biological results
for the region’s fish. The agreements, celebrated today with
traditional tribal ceremonies at a place of cultural significance
in the Columbia River Gorge, are now called The Columbia Basin Fish
Accords.
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| Columbia
River Treaty Tribes Praise Federal Decision on Problem Sea Lions |
18 March 2008
Strong praise came today from leaders of the Columbia River treaty
tribes for a federal decision authorizing increased management of
nuisance sea lions exploiting endangered salmon stocks.
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| Sea
lions vs. salmon: Restore balance and common sense |
15 February 2008
An opinion piece by
CRITFC Chair Fidelia Andy commenting on the recommendation by NOAA
Fisheries to allow limited lethal removal of problem California sea
lions below Bonneville Dam.
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| Treaty
Tribes Praise Federal Sea Lion Recommendation |
17
January 2008
Leaders of the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission's member tribes today expressed
strong support for a federal recommendation to authorize limited lethal
removal of California sea lions whose impact on endangered Columbia
River salmon has reached crisis levels.
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| CRITFC wins SOLV
Citizenship Award |
4 December 2007
On November 8th the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission's hard work
and dedication towards protecting and restoring salmon in the Columbia
River Basin was recognized by SOLV at its 14th annual Citizenship
Awards Banquet.
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| The Dalles
Reservoir Sturgeon Research Activities to Commence |
16 November 2007
The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the public, especially people
living, working, or recreating on or near The Dalles Reservoir this
winter about our upcoming The Dalles Reservoir white sturgeon fishery
research activities.
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| 2007
Tribal Fall Fishery Set to Begin |
20 August 2007
Opening at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, August 22, the Nez Perce, Umatilla,
Warm Springs and Yakama tribes have authorized a commercial gill
net fishery where Chinook, coho, steelhead, walleye, shad and carp
will be available for purchase directly from tribal fishers. Sturgeon
and sockeye are not available for sale at this time. |
| Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Welcomes First Chairwoman among 2007-2008
officers |
24 July 2007
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) will welcome
its 2007-2008 officers this week, and for the first time in the
commission's 30-year history, a female chair. |
| Let
the Tribal Summer Fishery and Direct-to-Public Sales Begin! |
15 June 2007
Beginning Saturday, June 16, 2007, tribal treaty fishers will begin the first
and long awaited 2007 commercial sales of Columbia River Chinook salmon. |
| Native
American Fish and Wildlife Society Honors CRITFE Officer as Conservation
Officer of the Year |
24 May 2007
The Native American Fish and Wildlife Society named
Sergeant Mitch Hicks, a patrol sergeant with the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement as this year's Conservation
Officer of the Year. |
| Ninth
Circuit Says BPA Rates Fail To Recover True Fish and Wildlife Costs |
3 May 2007
Late this afternoon the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled
in favor of fish and wildlife restoration efforts in the Columbia
River Basin. The three judge panel found that the wholesale power
rates set by BPA ignored critical information indicating that a more
substantial investment in salmon recovery would be required. |
| Celilo
Falls 50th anniversary events set to begin |
23 February 2007
March 10, 2007 will mark fifty years since the rising waters behind
The Dalles Dam flooded Celilo Falls and its ancient tribal fishery.
Celilo’s rich, tragic history yet hopeful future will be marked
by a number of activities planned throughout the Columbia River Basin
during the month of March. |
| 9th
Circuit Court orders BPA to keep salmon science center operating |
24 January 2007
Recognizing that salmon and steelhead are "two the great resources
of the Columbia River" the United States Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled today that the Fish Passage Center must remain operational
and funded by the Bonneville Power Administration. |
| Yakama
Nation wins Fish Passage Center case in 9th Circuit |
24 January 2007
Science and salmon restoration won a major legal victory today when
the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Fish
Passage Center must remain operational and funded by the Bonneville
Power Administration. |
| Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Launches Celilo Legacy Blog |
14 November 2006
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) today unveiled
a new online blog as part of its Celilo Legacy project. The blog will
serve as a clearinghouse for public discourse, information, events,
activities, and memorials in conjunction with the 50th anniversary
of the inundation of Celilo Falls on March 10, 1957. |
| Tribal
Fall Fishery Begins Highlighted by Direct-to-Public Sales |
21 August 2006
Tribal treaty fishers today began what is expected to be a strong
month of commercial fishing for Columbia River Fall Chinook. This
year’s fall Columbia River Indian salmon harvest will be highlighted
by “over-the-bank” sales providing ample opportunities
to the public to buy Chinook salmon directly from tribal fishers. |
| Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Announces 2006-2007 Officers |
20 July 2006
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission welcomed its 2006-2007
officers at its recent July commission meeting. Leslie Bill, representing the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon, was elected as chairman of the four-tribe
commission for a one-year term, replacing Robert Taylor (Nez Perce).
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| Columbia
River Tribes complete world's largest wild salmon tagging project |
9 June 2006
Tribal fisheries
management crews working in the Columbia River's Hanford Reach this
week completed annual work on the world's largest long-term tagging
project of a wild salmon stock. A total of 205,145 Hanford Reach salmon,
commonly referred to as upriver bright fall Chinook, were implanted
with a laser-etched wire tag, 1.1 milimeters in length, between May
25th and June 4th. |
| CRITFC
announces Spirit of the Salmon Fund Award Winners |
8 May 2006
This year's Spirit of the Salmon awardees will be honored at the 6th annual Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum ("Salmon
People”) gala on Saturday, May 13th. The gala celebration honors
the work of CRITFC, its member tribes, and environmental conservation
friends and partners. |
| Bonneville
Power Administration Terminates Fish Passage Center |
26 January 2006
Leaders of the Columbia River treaty-fishing tribes today roundly
condemned a decision by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
to vanquish a long-serving science center. |
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