The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 discretionary budget request includes $1.5 billion in programs for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an increase of $48.8 million over the 2014 enacted level to fund the agency’s high priority needs. The budget also … Continued
At a joint meeting In January, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington set spring Chinook salmon seasons for the Columbia River. Columbia River spring Chinook seasons are based on a forecast of 227,000 returning upriver spring Chinook. The spring Chinook … Continued
The status of fish populations on West Virginia’s Elk River remain in limbo following a chemical spill in January. The spill occurred on January 9, 2014, at Freedom Industries Etowah River Terminal near Charleston, West Virginia. The disaster began when … Continued
The eggs of endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon are less likely to hatch on some of the surfaces that have been made more common by human, or anthropogenic, changes on the river, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report. … Continued
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) recently announced that the agency will provide funding for a variety of habitat restoration projects in Maine and Massachusetts. The projects will open up hundreds of miles of stream habitat to Atlantic salmon, … Continued