Upper Columbia

A line of about a dozen people passed buckets of summer chinook salmon to be released into Hangman Creek.

Feds announce millions in funding to bring salmon back to the Upper Columbia River

(Runtime 1:05)In a historic agreement, the federal government announced Thursday it will fund tribal efforts to bring salmon back to the Upper Columbia…

imagen de un hombre cocinando salmón a la parrilla

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Para las tribus, la bienvenida del salmón al Alto Columbia es un recordatorio del ‘trabajo de toda una vida’

Courtney Flatt

El sol apenas comenzaba a salir sobre el río Columbia en Bridgeport, Washington, cuando un pescador Colville capturó el primer salmón de la temporada.

A man in a blue plaid shirt, black apron and white fedora holds a green bottle of olive oil above six pink filets of salmon. The filets are sitting on a white plastic table. A crowd of people stands behind him looking at a blue river.

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For tribes, welcoming salmon to the Upper Columbia is a reminder of ‘lifelong work’

(Runtime 4:04)The sun just started to rise over the Columbia River in Bridgeport, Washington, when a Colville fisherman caught the first salmon of the…