In Washington, Demolishing Two Dams So That the Salmon May Go Home

Richard Walker
September 22, 2011
LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM, Washington—The dams' days are numbered, and for a dwindling population of salmon cut off from their historical habitat for a century, it's better late than nev...

Fish Tests Radiation-negative, But Where's It From?

Wawmeesh Hamilton
September 20, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA) has deemed fish tested in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster as radiation free, but will not divulge where samples were taken from...

Winnemen Wintu Join Conservation Groups in Suing Westlands Over Contract Renewals

Dan Bacher
September 14, 2011
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River Association and the Winnemen Wintu Tribe have file...

Busting Up Klamath River Dams Could Be Boon to Tribes and Salmon

Anne Minard
September 27, 2011

A plan to remove four dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California could be a great start for the recovery of d

Returning Salmon Being Tested for Radiation from Japanese Nuclear Plant as a Precaution

Wawmeesh Hamilton
September 13, 2011
Two British Columbia First Nations are taking a wait-and-see approach as West Coast salmon are tested to determine if they have been contaminated with radiation resulting from Japa...

Fraser Commission on Sockeye Reconvening After Summer Break

ICTMN Staff
August 17, 2011
Summer recess is over for members of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, and the panel is reconvening on August 17...

Cohen Commission’s Inquiry Extended Another Year Due to Importance of Findings

Lisa Wilcox
August 08, 2011
Editor’s note: The Cohen Commission in its second year of investigating the dramatic decline of sockeye in the Fraser River has drawn profound interest from First Nations and other...
Billy Frank, Jr.

Being Frank: Fix Your Culverts, State of Washington

Salmon are incredibly productive by nature. Give them some good habitat, manage harvest carefully, and they will thrive. We’re doing a good job with the careful harvest management part of the equation, but we’re falling far short on the habitat part of the problem....

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July 12, 2011

Beautiful Bristol Bay Is Popular with Both Salmon and Tourists

Hans Tammemagi
July 15, 2011
At the edge of the Arctic lies a primordial land where immense tectonic plates collide...

Historic Native American Food Source May See Improvement

Melynda Harrison, MSU News Service
June 29, 2011
A Montana State University graduate student has won a $94,000 fellowship for research that may improve fishways, or fish ladders, that help fish such as salmon and shad navigate da...

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