Wild Salmon and Steelhead Press Releases and Blogs

Providing Safe Fish Passage at Irrigation Diversions is Critical to Salmon Recovery

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 12:39 PM MST

Reflecting back on 2020: A year in review- Clearwater river anadromous fisheries

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 5:48 PM MST

Reflecting back on 2020: A year in review- Lower Granite Adult Sampling and Lochsa River Monitoring

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 4:08 PM MST

Reflecting back on 2020: A year in review- Fish hatchery highlights

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 2:16 PM MST

Reflecting back on 2020: A year in review- close to 3 miles of fish habitat restored in upper Potlatch

Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - 4:03 PM MST

Picture of FLOY tagged steelhead from Snake River

Every year is different: Steelhead grad study update

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 3:09 PM MST

As we near the end of the year, it is a good time for another update on the University of Idaho and Idaho Fish and Game steelhead study. Lately, we have been comparing tag reports from the two years of the study to look for differences in where, when, and how many steelhead are being caught around the Snake River Basin.

Here's what we are seeing so far.

Debris flow making its way to a stream / Photo by Eli Felts

Habitat restoration the old fashioned way

Monday, December 14, 2020 - 3:19 PM MST

Understanding Idaho's Steelhead Fishery - U of I study update

Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 11:22 AM MST

Now that the snow has started to fly and the weather seems a little bit more like winter, the steelhead encounter rate and catch and release mortality study is wrapping up fall tagging at Lower Granite Dam.

The A’s and B’s of steelhead, what do those terms mean?

Monday, November 9, 2020 - 9:36 AM MST

Anglers fishing for steelhead in the Snake River basin, particularly the Clearwater River, often hear the terms A-run, B-run or A-Index, B-Index steelhead but what exactly do those terms mean? The terms A and B are unique to steelhead management in the Columbia and Snake river basins and does not classify specific populations.