Clearwater River updates

River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018

We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...

Idaho Steelhead Closure is a Call to Action

Last week, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) announced that the recreational steelhead fishery will be closing as of December 7. The fishery will remain closed until IDFG has the legally...

Save the Bs, Save the Columbia

Save the Bs, Save the Columbia Of the Columbia River's many runs of salmon and steelhead, there are particular fish species whose lives are so difficult and complex that they magnify the...

River Stewards to NOAA: Protect wild fish, not artificial production.

On December 20th, 2016 78 River Stewards from throughout the Northwest submitted the following letter to NOAA-National Marine... Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposal to include hatchery programs as part of Pacific salmon and steelhead species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As a diverse...

You can help free the Snake River

Snake River salmon and steelhead are threatened with extinction. The long fought effort to remove the 4 lower Snake River dams is now culminating in a series of public scoping meetings throughout...