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.
Below you will find research articles on White-headed Woodpecker ecology/biology that we have co-authored with other researchers who started the research through other institutions.
The Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii) was found to only occur as a breeding species in WA in the 1970s. Since then, no detailed information existed on habitats used by Gray Flycatchers for breeding. To address this information gap, w
A historic milestone for fish recovery in the Yakima Basin!
The Yakama Nation's Fisheries Resource Management Program (FRMP) is tasked with managing and carrying out the deliverables for the Tribal Response grant.
This project aims to restore side channel and wetland habitat over 900 acres and 6 miles of side channels on the Yakima River, near the town of Toppenish, Washington, within the Yakama Reservation.
Little is known of an American white pelican's diet preference in the Yakima and Columbia River basin and this three year diet study will fill that knowledge gap.
To preserve a culturally important site of the Yakama Nation and reduce predation of ESA listed juvenile salmonids, California gull dissuasion and depredation is occurring at Miller Rocks.
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
The Wapato Reach of the Yakima River, between Union Gap and Mabton, has experienced a 40% to 50% aerial cover loss in riparian forest between 1949 and 2015, as documented in the 2021 Wapato Reach Riparian Assessment.
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