Yakama Nation Fisheries Projects

Industrial and agricultural pollution and toxic contamination, dams that block fish migration and access to spawning habitat—the decline of salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and lamprey in the Columbia River is has many causes. To restore the river and the life that depends upon it, the Yakama Nation Fisheries is employing many and varied strategies, simultaneously. In some areas, habitat recovery is the key; in others, supplementation of salmon runs may need to be the driver.

Last updated: Tue, 12/10/2024

Last updated: Wed, 10/16/2024

To restore sustainable and harvestable populations of salmon, steelhead, and other at-risk species, the YKFP is evaluating all stocks historically present in the Yakima and Klickitat Subbasins and, using principles of adaptive management, is apply

Last updated: Sun, 10/06/2024

In 2020, Yakama Nation was successful in securing the U.S.

Last updated: Wed, 08/21/2024

Yakama Nation Fisheries is conducting a Habitat and Geomorphic Reach Assessment of Icicle Creek from rivermile 0 to 21 in coordination with the Icicle Workgroup (https://iciclestrategy.com/) and the UC RTT

Last updated: Thu, 06/27/2024

The Yakama Nation's Fisheries Resource Management Program (FRMP) is tasked with managing and carrying out the deliverables for the Tribal Response grant.

Last updated: Wed, 02/14/2024

Fisheries Slides for GC 1/2024

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Last updated: Fri, 06/30/2023

The Status and Trends Annual Report (STAR) Project summarizes fish population status and trends, habitat restoration action implementation, Yakama Nation production and reintroduction programs, and Federal mainstem hydrosystem improvements as they

Last updated: Fri, 05/19/2023

The Yakama Nation is working to restore natural production of Pacific lamprey to a level that will provide robust species abundance, significant ecological contributions and meaningful harvest within the Yakama Nations Ceded Lands and in the Usual

Last updated: Thu, 03/23/2023

Welcome to the

Last updated: Sat, 01/14/2023

The Yakama Nation Upper Columbia Habitat Restoration Project (URCHRP) is a project under the Yakama Nation Fisheries Resource Management Program. The project recieves its principal funding through the Columbia Basin Fish Accords.