Industrial and agricultural pollution and toxic contamination, dams that block fish migration and access to spawning habitat—the decline of salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and lamprey in the Columbia River is has many causes. To restore the river and the life that depends upon it, the Yakama Nation Fisheries is employing many and varied strategies, simultaneously. In some areas, habitat recovery is the key; in others, supplementation of salmon runs may need to be the driver.
Yakama Nation Fisheries is seeking proposals from qualified firms specializing in rare plant and native vegetation assessments to award an on-call vegetation survey services contract in support of salmon habitat restoration activities taking place
Fisheries Slides for GC 1/2024
***UPDATE FEBRUARY 13, 2024: REVISIONS TO THE PROJECT PLANSET IN THE BID PACKET (Exhibit E Construction Planset_Updated Feb 13 2024.pdf) HAVE BEEN M
To restore sustainable and harvestable populations of salmon, steelhead, and other at-risk species, the YKFP is evaluating all stocks historically present in the Yakima and Klickitat Subbasins and, using principles of adaptive management, is apply
In 2020, Yakama Nation was successful in securing the U.S.