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Open January Setlines 2023
The Yakama Nation Fish and Wildlife Committee hereby authorize a commercial setline fishery for white sturgeon in all of Zone 6 of the Columbia River. 7am Sunday January 1 to noon Tuesday January 31, 2023. See attached memo for full details.
WA Clean energy project clashes with important Yakama site
Salmon People: A tribal fishing family’s fight to preserve a way of life
Yakama Nation's $300K Superfund Settlement Wins Approval
Law360 (December 14, 2022, 5:54 PM EST) -- A federal judge has approved a nearly $300,000 settlement between the Yakama Nation and Yakima, W
YN Wins "Lamprey Rockstar Team Award"
The U.S. promised tribes they would always have fish; they do, but the fish pose toxic risks
News article in the Oregonian, highlighting a new project at the Yakama Nati
Spiders, scorpions, Pacific lamprey: kids – and adults – get a peak into Washington’s wild side
SOP13 - Bloodsucker, Eel, Asum, Ksuyas, Parasite, Lamprey: Many Names, but What Does it Mean to Us?
Mt. Adams Institute Presents Sense of Place Season 13 with a presentation by Ralph Lampman.
In Cased You Missed It: White Salmon River Salmon Homecoming - 10-Year Commemoration
White Salmon River celebration: 11 years after dam removal the river recovers
Pacific lamprey are underwater legends (Underwater Legends) — High Country News – Know the West
Despite dams, drowned waterfalls and industrial degradation, the practice of eeling persists.
Special Event on 10/7/2022: It’s Been A Decade Since The Removal Of Condit Dam And The Return Of Salmon To White Salmon River
Tribes join celebration of 100-year-old Arch Bridge between Oregon City, West Linn
Last weekend Tribal Councilman Terry Heemsah Sr and Yakama Nation's Little Swans represented the Tribe at a commemorative event held near Willamette Falls.
Additional Fall commercial gillnet fishing time
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize additional commercial fall gillnet fishing time in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6am Monday Oct 3 to 6pm Thursday Oct 6, 2022. See attached regs for full details
Open Fall Coho Fishing on the Icicle River
The Yakama Nation Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize a weekly fishery on the Icicle River from 6 a.m. Mondays to 9 p.m. Saturdays from September 27 through November 26, 2022. See the attached regs for full details
Stop sacrificing Indigenous sacred sites in the name of climate change
Councilman Takala pens a joint op-ed with Columbia Riverkeepers to voice opposition against the Goldendale pumped storage project and brings awareness to "green energy" that compromises Tribal and cultural resources.
Bateman Island Causeway: Update
Extend Opening and Additional Fishing Time
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize extending the current weekly fishing opening to 6pm Friday Sept 23, 2022; and set additional commercial opening 6am Monday Sept 26 to 6pm Thursday Sept 29, 2022. See regulations attached.