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

Law Enforcement (Institutional Recommend 10)

Action

Continue coordinated enforcement of harvest regulations and develop the capability of law enforcement personnel to enforce habitat protection laws.

Law enforcement personnel recently completed a survey of irrigation diversions and reported unscreened diversions to relevant agencies for enforcement action. Basin fisheries law enforcement agencies needs to continue addressing harvest infractions in a coordinated manner and expand their function by training personnel to recognize and document violations of habitat protection laws.