Staff from the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board hosted a tour of the Methow Valley for members of the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board last Wednesday (Sept. 17). Representatives from National Marine Fisheries Service out of Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., also attended, according to a recovery board press release. The tour included visits […]
Salmon recovery
Arts briefs: May 14, 2014
This week: Pinkerton reads from debut novel, The Amish project coming to the Merc in June, and River is focus of next Confluence exhibit
Comment on Methow Valley river projects
Proposals for four river-restoration projects intended to improve conditions for endangered and threatened salmon in the Methow Valley have been submitted to Okanogan County for environmental review or permit exemptions. Yakama Nation Fisheries is working on a project that would enhance fish habitat on the Twisp River. The project involves the construction of three engineered […]
Salmon crossing cracked dam, one way or another
By Marcy Stamper
Engineers, fish biologists and construction teams who scrambled to meet an April 15 deadline to devise a way to move the first of an expected 20,000 spring Chinook salmon over the fractured Wanapum Dam say they have met their initial goals.
Construction workers have retrofitted the fish ladders at the dam, 150 miles from …
Salmon crossing cracked dam using modified fish ladders
By Marcy Stamper
Engineers, fish biologists and construction teams who have scrambled to meet an April 15 deadline to devise a way to move the first of an expected 20,000 spring Chinook salmon over the fractured Wanapum Dam believe they have met their initial goals. Construction workers have …
Local biologists await fix at Wanapum Dam to allow fish passage
By Marcy Stamper
It’s a 150-mile swim from Wanapum Dam to Winthrop, but fish biologists in the Methow Valley are keeping careful tabs on proposed fixes that will enable salmon to get through when the first spring Chinook reach the dam next month, en route …
Project will re-create a historic Methow River channel
By Ann McCreary A project designed to restore salmon habitat by re-creating a historic side channel of the Methow River northwest of Twisp is expected to get underway this summer. The “1890s Side Channel Restoration” project will restore a channel that once carried water along the valley wall parallel to Highway 20 north of Twisp. […]
Salmon recovery: County gets answers, but questions persist
By Marcy Stamper
Although the Okanogan County commissioners learned a lot about enhancing habitat for endangered fish, volunteer efforts that reduce erosion, and upgrades to fish screens that benefit …
Three Methow rivers get $1.1 million for salmon recovery
The three projects sharing $1.1 million in salmon recovery grants from the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board in Okanogan County are in the Methow Valley. Okanogan County received the 11th-largest amount out of a total $42 million being awarded by the state. The largest award, more than $6 million, went to Snohomish County. Funding for […]
Survey: Too early to say if liability law has affected salmon projects
By Marcy Stamper
Survey says: A new law limiting liability for owners of riverfront property who allow habitat projects to be built on their land has not had a major impact on these projects.
