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• An Interview with Elaine Harvey, CRITFC’s new Watershed Manager July 18, 2023
  CRITFC is excited that Elaine Harvey (Yakama) has joined our team to lead the Watershed Department. Elaine is respected for both her professional and educational accomplishments as well as her dedication in the longhouse communities to the culture of the Columbia River Plateau people. Prior to taking on her new role, Elaine served as the […]
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• Honoring Oceans on World Oceans Day June 8, 2023
  Thanks to the heroic efforts and sacrifice of the salmon, people, animals, and plants hundreds of miles from the coast can take part in the richness that the ocean provides. On World Oceans Day, we honor the gifts that the oceans provide. The post Honoring Oceans on World Oceans Day appeared first on CRITFC.
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• Return of Umatilla’s Annual Children’s Root Feast June 1, 2023
  By Jill-Marie Gavin for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission MISSION – The Children’s Root Feast returned to the Mission Longhouse after a 3-year hiatus due to the Covid- 19 pandemic. Nearly 500 community members gathered on May 11 to celebrate the in-person return of this annual celebration and feast. Three days before the feast, […]
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• CRITFC Exec. Director DeCoteau Appointed to National Park System Advisory Board May 24, 2023
  Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) has appointed Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission executive director Aja DeCoteau as one of 15 new members to the National Park System Advisory Board. DeCoteau is the first Native American to serve on this board in its 88-year history. In this role, Ms. DeCoteau will advise Secretary Haaland and the […]
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• CRITFC receives grant to assist tribal fishers market online April 25, 2023
  Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission celebrates being awarded a First Nations Development Institute (FNDI) grant under the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative (NAFSI) to fund its project Expanding the Columbia River Treaty Tribal Foods Systems Through Relevant Technical, Economic, and Social Media Opportunities. The salmon marketing team at CRITFC is especially excited about the […]
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• Celebrating Earth Day by Honoring the Earth and Salmon April 21, 2023
  Around the world, communities are pulling together to protect life forms that have flourished for thousands of years but are now severely threatened from human-induced environmental impacts. Columbia Basin salmon are among those vulnerable species in crisis. Working together, there’s still time to act to save salmon and other keystone animals threatened by climate change […]
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• Spring 2023 River Forecast April 21, 2023
  Kyle Dittmer, CRITFC Hydrologist-Meteorologist Rising rivers due to snowmelt is one of many cues that the Creator tells us that spring is here. The normal pattern of rising spring river levels is also a cue to salmon smolts to move downriver as fast as possible which helps ensure a safer passage route out to the […]
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• Laurie Porter, CRITFC Lamprey Lead, Receives Award of Merit March 22, 2023
  CRITFC Lamprey Lead Laurie Porter received the 2023 Oregon Chapter of American Fisheries Society Award of Merit for her work in lamprey. “Laurie’s dedication to this work helps us ensure that Pacific lamprey will continue to be a part of our culture, both now and for future generations,” said CRITFC Exec Dir DeCoteau. The post […]
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• Bateman Island Causeway Removal March 9, 2023
  WAPATIT N’CHII WANAPAMA NUSUX ‘Help the Columbia River Salmon’ The Bateman Island causeway is an artificial, non-permitted earthen pathway constructed to connect Bateman Island to the City of Richland. For over 80 years, the causeway has created a barrier that reduced salmon survival. It blocks natural river flows at the mouth of the Yakima Delta. It […]
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• Donella Miller to Lead CRITFC’s Fish Science Department March 7, 2023
  CRITFC is pleased to announce that Donella Miller, a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, was selected to lead its Fishery Science Department, beginning this work on March 1. She is also a descendent of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Blackfeet Nation. Aja DeCoteau, CRITFC’s […]
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