Drones could help researchers count salmon nests Searching where salmon lay eggs is getting a boost from some eyes in the sky. Researchers are testing drones to survey for salmon nests.
KUOW Blog Transported 'by land, by sea, by air,' endangered kokanee salmon released into Lake Sammamish "We have now transported these little fish by land, by sea, by air," said King County Executive
KUOW Newsroom Salmon advocates ask to include healthy ecosystems in Columbia River Treaty The United States and Canada will renegotiate how to handle flood control and hydropower on the Columbia River. However, salmon advocates also want negotiators to consider the health of the Columbia River ecosystem.
KUOW Newsroom The last of the Salish Sea reefnetters don't want to be the last Only 12 commercial fishing captains hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The distinctive technique of reefnet fishing dates back thousands of years as a traditional Indigenous method to catch salmon. Its practitioners today say the gear should be the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks.
Federal report recommends removing four Lower Snake River dams to protect salmon Breaching the Snake River dams is one major way to protect salmon. That’s according to a federal report on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin that came out today.
Breaching the four Lower Snake River dams not an option right now, say Murray, Inslee A much-awaited report said removing the four Lower Snake River dams shouldn't happen right now, but dam removal is the best way to protect Snake River salmon.
Federal report recommends breaching Lower Snake River dams to restore salmon Climate change is hurting salmon in the Columbia River Basin. According to a draft report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there are several solutions, including breaching the four Lower Snake River dams.
KUOW Newsroom Time is running out for salmon as the Snake River dam removal debate enters a new phase ‘If these dams were to be taken down for salmon recovery, it would be the largest dam removal ever in the world, and the first-ever takedown of federally owned dams.’ –Lynda Mapes
KUOW Newsroom New draft report says removing the Snake River dams would be best for salmon Breaching the dams would be the best way to remove Snake River salmon runs from the Endangered Species List and the best way to maintain treaty and trust obligations with tribes, according to the report. It could cost from $10.3 billion to $27.2 billion.
KUOW Newsroom 'It's bringing healing:' Methow Valley land returned to Colville Tribes More than a century after the United States government took most of their land, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are getting small chunks of it back.
