A project of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

• 2014 Update

  Spirit of the Salmon Plan

  

  
  • About Spirit of the Salmon

    
    • Creation Story
    • Wy-Kan-Ush-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit Update
    • Wy-Kan-Ush-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit Objectives
    • Wy-Kan-Ush-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit Plan Basic Principles
    • Tribes' Treaty-Reserved Fishing Rights
    • Sovereignty and Consultation
    • Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Science
    • Summary of Accomplishments
    • The Accords, Pacific Salmon Treaty and U.S. v. Oregon Agreements
    • We Have Halted The Salmon's Decline
    • Abundance Trends
    • Remaining Problems and Gaps
    • New Challenges and Opportunities
  • Institutional Recommendations

    
    • What are Institutional Recommendations?
    • Institutional Recommendations
    • Existing Mechanisms
    • Columbia River Fish Management Plan
    • Dispute Resolution
    • Fish and Wildlife Program Funding
    • Watersheds
    • Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU)
    • Tribal Hatchery Management
    • Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation
    • Coordinated Information Management
    • Harvest Management
    • Law Enforcement
    • Public Education and Outreach
    • Columbia River Treaty
    • Hatchery Management
    • Tribal Energy Vision
    • Regulatory Improvement and Coordination
  • Technical Recommendations

    
    • What are Technical Recommendations?
    • Technical Recommendations
    • Land Use
    • Tributary Water Quality
    • Watershed Restoration
    • Supplementation
    • Reintroduction
    • Juvenile Salmon Passage (Migration)
    • Estuary Protection and Restoration
    • Ocean Harvest
    • Adult Fish Migration
    • Water Quality (Toxic Contamination)
    • Harvest Management (In-river)
    • Lamprey
    • Sturgeon
    • Predation
    • Mark Selective Fisheries
    • Restoring Fish Passage
    • Invasive Species
    • Climate Change
    • Update "Lifecycle Model"
    • ESA Delisting
  • Community Development
    Recommendations

    
    • What are Community Development Recommendations?
    • Community Development
      Recommendations
    • Salmon Marketing
    • Tribal FishCo LLC
    • White Sturgeon Marketing
    • Housing Near Fishing Access Sites
    • Workforce Development
  • References & Appendices

    
    • References (Updated 2013)
    • Glossary (Updated 2013)
    • Appendix A (1995): Subbasin Descriptions
    • Appendix B (1995): Hatcheries and Rearing Facilities
    • Appendix C: 2008-2017 U.S. v. Oregon Production Tables
    • Appendix D (2013): Sturgeon Abundance
• Spirit of the Salmon:

  1995 tribal restoration plan

  

  
  • Introduction

    
    • Executive Summary
  • Cultural Context

    
    • The Columbia Basin Treaty Tribes
    • The Importance of Salmon to the Tribes
    • A Tribal Tradition of Sound Fish Management
    • Cultural Chronology
  • Biological Perspective

    
    • The Problem
    • Current State of Anadromous Fish
    • Past Attempts at Restoration
    • Toward a Solution
    • Habitat of Anadromous Fish
    • Anadromous Fish in the Columbia River Basin
    • Changes in Habitat
    • Reduction in the Amount of Available Habitat

      
      • Introduction
      • Habitat Degradation
      • Water Quality Impacts
      • Problems Related to Water Resource Management
      • Estuary Habitat
      • Harvest
      • Operation and Location of Hatcheries
      • Salmon Population Structure
      • Genetic Considersations
  • Legal & Institutional Context

    
    • Legal Context
    • Institutional Context

      
      • Management Structures for Columbia Basin Anadromous Fish
      • The Columbia River Fish Management Plan
      • The U.S. - Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty
      • The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Programs
      • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
      • Other Authorities
      • Conclusion
  • Recommendations

    
    • Institutional Changes

      
      • Existing Mechanisms
      • CRFMP
      • Dispute Resolution
      • Fish and Wildlife
        Program Funding
      • Watersheds
      • Evolutionarily Significant Unit
      • Tribal Hatchery Management
      • Research, Monitoring and Evaluation,
        and a Coordinated Information System
      • Harvest Management
      • Law Enforcement
    • Technical Recommendations

      
      • Introduction
      • 1: Land-Use Practices in Columbia
        River Basins
      • 2: Water Quantity
      • 3: Watershed Restoration
      • 4: Supplementation
      • 5: Reintroductions
      • 6: Juvenile Salmon Passage
      • 7: Estuary Protection and Restoration
      • 8: Ocean harvest Ceilings
      • 9: Adult Salmon Passage
      • 10: Water Quality
      • 11. Stock-specific Harvest
        Management Concerns
      • 12. Lamprey Passage
      • 13. Enhancing Reservoir Populations
        of White Sturgeon
    • Anticipated Outcomes
    • Monitoring: Purpose, Types, Implementation
  • Costs of Implementation
  • Appendices

    
    • References (Updated 2013)
    • Glossary (Updated 2013)
    • Appendix A (1995): Subbasin Descriptions
    • Appendix B (1995): Hatcheries and Rearing Facilities
  • What You Can Do
• Spirit of the Salmon:

  1995 subbasin plans

  

  
  • Introduction
  • Subbasin Plans

    
    • Lower Columbia River Mainstem
    • Wind River
    • Little White Salmon
    • Big White Salmon
    • Hood River
    • Klickitat River
    • Fifteenmile Creek
    • Deschutes River
    • John Day River
    • Umatilla River
    • Mid-Columbia River Mainstem
    • Walla Walla River
    • Yakima River
    • Wenatchee River
    • Entiat River
    • Methow River
    • Okanogan River
    • Snake River Mainstem
    • Tucannon River
    • Clearwater River
    • Grande Ronde River
    • Salmon River
    • Imnaha River

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Wy-kan-ush (salmon) has the power to unite people. The world over, salmon connect and enrich the communities they come in contact with. The wildly different traditional cultures of Pacific Northwest tribes, Japanese Ainu, the Norwegian coastal areas, and the Russian Far East all share a reverence and gratitude for the bounty that the salmon provide. This power to mold the cultures they touch continues today. Salmon are the icon of the Pacific Northwest. They remain central to the religion and cultures of the Columbia River Basin tribes. They are a valued and valuable food and economic resource. They shape our land-use policies and our power grid. They represent the wildness and wilderness for which the region is known. Every Northwest resident, whether they realize it or not, is touched by Wy·kan·ush·mi Wa·kish·wit—the Spirit of the Salmon. We are all Salmon People. Let us all work together to protect and restore salmon—this fish that unites us.