Spokane Tribal Fisheries has tagged 20,000 rainbow trout for a study on 2 different stocks of hatchery fish being released into Lake Roosevelt. Collection of tags is critical to hatchery research needed to keep this…
Up to $301,473 dollars from BPA Fish and Wildlife Program cost savings and other accounts will provide additional funding for Spokane Tribe of Indians, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Colville Confederated Tribe northern…
Kristine Dunker and Parker Bradley with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) will provide a conference keynote, “Northern Pike: The Unwelcome Invader,” on April 24th. The message to their friends and peers in…
The Orca Whale is beautiful and distinctive. Up to 32 feet long and an apex predator of the sea, their large black body and white underside gracefully swim off our west coast shores. On salmon…
Over the last couple of years, Lake Roosevelt fishery managers saw a disturbing increase in the presence of Northern Pike. This non-native species is a voracious predator of other fish that, once established with breeding…
Two Lake Roosevelt Forum Conference sessions will address the common question “so where are we with reintroduction of salmon into the Upper Columbia?” The answer, in simple terms, is that the phased, science-based approach called…
After another successful winter sport fishery on Lake Roosevelt, fishery managers and volunteers are in the process of releasing 600,000 triploid rainbow trout into Lake Roosevelt. Funded by the Bonneville Power Administration Fish and Wildlife…
Rich Landers with the Spokesman Review reports on efforts to suppress the spike in northern pike being found in Lake Roosevelt this year. Says Landers, “Northern pike have bared their teeth in Lake Roosevelt this…
Rich Landers Spokesman Review article recognizes the extraordinary importance of Professor Al Scholz to fisheries in eastern Washington and beyond. The Forum will be recognizing Dr. Scholz and his work at the Forum Conference on April 22nd….
It’s been over seventy years since Grand Coulee Dam forever altered native fish migrations. With the completion of the new Barnaby Creek Culvert, the Colville Tribe, with funding from the Bonneville Power Administration, have taken…
The backdrop for Forum activities is the unique and distinct needs of Lake Roosevelt, which resulted from creating a reservoir to support operational capacity at Grand Coulee Dam. Two Indian tribes, federal agencies, state agencies and four counties have specific interests in the management of the lake. Individually and collectively, they seek to meet a diverse set of environmental, economic and cultural needs.
Lake Roosevelt Forum continues to successfully engage in a set of public outreach activities intended to further strengthen collaboration and cooperation among the many stakeholders with interests in and around Lake Roosevelt.
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