New N. Lewis Fish Passage Plans ‘Cautiously Welcomed’
There are signs PacifiCorp appears ready to add long-promised fish passage facilities on its North Fork Lewis River reservoirs, news that’s being “cautiously welcomed” by state and tribal fishery managers and conservation groups as a potential “significant step toward restoring access to critical salmon habitat” on the system.
ODFW Surveying Columbia, Tribs Steelheaders On Fishery Management
ODFW is surveying steelheaders who fish for summer-runs on the Columbia and its Oregon-side tributaries ahead of a fishery management briefing in April and before an expected lower return begins running upriver this season.