Upper Columbia United Tribes

Environment and Planning

Salmon advocates ask to include healthy ecosystems in Columbia River Treaty

Courtney Flatt

The United States and Canada will renegotiate how to handle flood control and hydropower on the Columbia River. However, salmon advocates also want negotiators to consider the health of the Columbia River ecosystem.
Environment and Planning

$3 million will help tribes study salmon reintroduction in the Upper Columbia Basin

Courtney Flatt

Bringing salmon back to the Upper Columbia River will take a lot of time and a lot of money.
Environment and Planning

Salmon release in Hangman Creek 'a great thing' for Coeur d'Alene Tribe

Courtney Flatt

A recent salmon release near Spokane will change nearly a century without salmon in nearby waters.
Environment and Planning

Tribes ask for more support for salmon reintroduction to the Upper Columbia

Courtney Flatt

Upper Columbia tribes want help to continue reintroducing salmon above Grand Coulee Dam.