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Smelt Permits Available
The 2023 return of smelt to the Cowlitz River is forecasted to be similar to last year, which allows for fishing opportunity. Attached is the 2023 smelt permit. Fill out and turn in to the Fish & Wildlife Committee. Be sure to report your h
Winter Fisher's Meeting
There will be a Winter Fisher's Meeting held Monday January 30, 2023 from 10am - 4pm at Legends Casino. Lunch will be provided. Agenda attached.
Open January Setlines 2023
The Yakama Nation Fish and Wildlife Committee hereby authorize a commercial setline fishery for white sturgeon in all of Zone 6 of the Columbia River. 7am Sunday January 1 to noon Tuesday January 31, 2023. See attached memo for full details.
WA Clean energy project clashes with important Yakama site
Salmon People: A tribal fishing family’s fight to preserve a way of life
Yakama Nation's $300K Superfund Settlement Wins Approval
Law360 (December 14, 2022, 5:54 PM EST) -- A federal judge has approved a nearly $300,000 settlement between the Yakama Nation and Yakima, W
YN Wins "Lamprey Rockstar Team Award"
The U.S. promised tribes they would always have fish; they do, but the fish pose toxic risks
News article in the Oregonian, highlighting a new project at the Yakama Nati
Spiders, scorpions, Pacific lamprey: kids – and adults – get a peak into Washington’s wild side
SOP13 - Bloodsucker, Eel, Asum, Ksuyas, Parasite, Lamprey: Many Names, but What Does it Mean to Us?
Mt. Adams Institute Presents Sense of Place Season 13 with a presentation by Ralph Lampman.
In Cased You Missed It: White Salmon River Salmon Homecoming - 10-Year Commemoration
White Salmon River celebration: 11 years after dam removal the river recovers
Pacific lamprey are underwater legends (Underwater Legends) — High Country News – Know the West
Despite dams, drowned waterfalls and industrial degradation, the practice of eeling persists.
Special Event on 10/7/2022: It’s Been A Decade Since The Removal Of Condit Dam And The Return Of Salmon To White Salmon River
Tribes join celebration of 100-year-old Arch Bridge between Oregon City, West Linn
Last weekend Tribal Councilman Terry Heemsah Sr and Yakama Nation's Little Swans represented the Tribe at a commemorative event held near Willamette Falls.
Additional Fall commercial gillnet fishing time
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize additional commercial fall gillnet fishing time in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6am Monday Oct 3 to 6pm Thursday Oct 6, 2022. See attached regs for full details
Open Fall Coho Fishing on the Icicle River
The Yakama Nation Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize a weekly fishery on the Icicle River from 6 a.m. Mondays to 9 p.m. Saturdays from September 27 through November 26, 2022. See the attached regs for full details
Stop sacrificing Indigenous sacred sites in the name of climate change
Councilman Takala pens a joint op-ed with Columbia Riverkeepers to voice opposition against the Goldendale pumped storage project and brings awareness to "green energy" that compromises Tribal and cultural resources.