For the third consecutive year, Idaho poisoned a section of the Snake River near Twin Falls to rid the river of dangerously invasive quagga mussels first found in 2023.
A copper-based chemical treatment to rid a portion of the Snake River of invasive quagga mussels – the first to be found in any Columbia Basin stream – destroyed up to 90 percent of water-based macroinvertebrates (bugs), nearly all gastropods (snails and slugs) and most white sturgeon residing near the area where the poison was applied, according to a recent study.
European green crabs were first discovered in Washington state in 1998 in Willapa Bay, where they remained in small numbers for over a decade. The green crabs were first documented in Washington’s inland waters in the San Juan Islands in 2016.
Washington and Oregon are expanding efforts to prevent invasive mussels from entering the two states and the Columbia River basin. If they get a foothold in the basin, invasive zebra, quagga and golden mussels would cause considerable economic and environmental damage that could slow recovery of the basin’s federally listed salmon and steelhead runs, according to each state’s invasive species manager speaking at the May Northwest Power and Conservation Council meeting.
Scientists at Washington State University have found that juvenile European green crabs can do as much damage as adults to shellfish and native sea plants, calling into question current methods to eradicate the invasive crustaceans.
Two tugboats infested with quagga and zebra mussels were intercepted last month at the Spokane watercraft inspection station.
There is a new mouth to feed in the coastal waters of the Northwest where juvenile salmon first enter the ocean, and it’s a hungry one.
Walleye are spreading at an alarming rate upstream in the Snake and Salmon rivers and now occupy critical rearing and migratory areas of juvenile salmon and steelhead, says Idaho Fish and Game.
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture announced this week the detection of a small number of quagga mussels in the Twin Falls area of the Snake River.
The state of Idaho has shifted from an aggressive rapid response – the emergency eradication of quagga mussels found in the mid-Snake River near Twin Falls last year — to prevention and containment, according to Nic Zurfluh, Invasive Species Bureau Chief at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. The incident was the first time invasive, destructive mussels were verified in the Columbia River basin.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife received notification last week from a local wholesale aquarium company in Renton of possible invasive freshwater mussels on a shipment of Marimo moss balls. Moss balls are a commonly used decorative algae in aquariums and water gardens.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week released its final environmental impact statement analyzing proposed barred owl management alternatives to protect northern and California spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California from invasive barred owls.
Spearfishing for bass is allowed on southwest Oregon’s Coquille River through Oct. 31. Spears, spear guns and angling with bait to take smallmouth bass is allowed, and there are no harvest size or limits.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is asking anglers to report any northern pike caught or observed in the Bull River, a tributary of the Clark Fork River, following the first confirmed detection of the predacious non-native fish. The Clark Fork River in northwest Montana flows into Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho.
Walleye, an invasive species with a reputation for a voracious appetite, has moved down the Columbia River from Lake Roosevelt and are now being counted in increasing numbers upstream of Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River, according to a report by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Efforts to suppress northern pike in reservoirs upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams so far have been successful at keeping the voracious predator from populating waters downstream in what is considered the “anadromous zone” where it is feared the invasive fish would decimate salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia River basin. Many of those anadromous fish are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Idaho Fish and Game biologists quickly learned that the copper treatment to rid a stretch of the Snake River from quagga mussels caused high mortality in certain species – at least six to seven tons of dead fish — while others survived quite well.
Idaho completed a 10-day treatment to rid a sixteen-mile section of the mid-Snake River near Twin Falls of quagga mussel larvae (veligers) and at least two adult mussels. The state says the treatment was largely successful, although it and other partners will continue to test for at least the next five years.
Studies over the 33-year history of a program designed to remove Northern Pikeminnow, a natural predator of salmon and steelhead smolts, from the Columbia and Snake rivers still has not been able to make a direct connectionbetween mass removals of the predator and recovery of salmonids in the rivers, according to a recent report by the Independent Scientific Review Panel.
Idaho Fish and Game biologists learned on Oct. 10 that Lake Lowell near Nampa now likely has a reproducing population of walleye. While the effects to Lake Lowell and other area fisheries are uncertain at this point, they are concerned about what this might mean for this fishery and others in Southwest Idaho, including the Snake River below Hells Canyon, which is a major migration corridor for salmon and steelhead.
Ecologists have demonstrated that the genetic material that species shed into their environments can reveal not only the presence of the species but also a broad range of information about the genetics of whole populations — information that can help scientists trace the source of a new invasive population as well as prevent further invasion.
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture confirmed this week the presence of quagga mussel larvae in the Snake River at Twin Falls. Multiple samples of quagga mussel at larval life stages have been found in the Centennial Waterfront Park area by ISDA’s early detection monitoring program.
Idaho Fish and Game has received more verified reports and pictures from people catching walleye in the Hells Canyon reach of the Snake River and Salmon River in 2023 than in all previous years.
The invasive Asian clam is more common in the lower Columbia River than its native habitat of southeast Asia, according to a study of the clam’s abundance in the river.
The Columbia River basin in 2023 is still the only major river basin in the U.S. free of quagga and zebra mussels, largely due to the Northwest’s four-state watercraft inspection efforts, according to a presentation this week at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council by Stephen Phillips, senior program manager at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
A small invasive beetle that has decimated ash groves in the Midwest was found in Oregon earlier this summer, the first to be found on the West Coast. When – not if – it spreads in Oregon, it has the potential to destroy large swaths of ash trees in forests and along streams located on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. The loss of the trees could impact salmon and steelhead in the Willamette Valley.
Deployment of emergency measures to control invasive European green crabs on the Washington Coast and at sites within the Salish Sea is well underway, including the implementation of an Incident Command System to facilitate statewide coordination between various agencies, tribes, and partners.
In the battle to block destructive zebra and quagga mussels from infesting Pacific Northwest waters, the four states at watercraft inspection stations in 2021 intercepted 55 more fouled boats than last year even though the number of total inspections were substantially less than in 2020.
An effort by tribes, the state of Washington and federal agencies to suppress or eradicate invasive Northern Pike is bearing fruit in Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam, according to an update by biologists at this week’s meeting of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Fish and Wildlife Committee.
European green crabs feast on shellfish, destroy marsh habitats by burrowing in the mud and obliterate valuable seagrass beds. The invasive species also reproduces quickly, making it a nightmare for wildlife managers seeking to control its spread in Washington’s marine waters.
Invasive species cause biodiversity loss and about $120 billion in annual damages in the U.S. alone. Despite plentiful evidence that invasive species can change food webs, how invaders disrupt food webs and native species over time has remained unclear.
American shad, a non-native fish species introduced to the Columbia River basin in the late 1800s, has replaced salmon and steelhead as the most abundant anadromous fish in the basin – by a long shot – and, although there are a number of uncertainties, their abundance could be impacting salmon and steelhead recovery in the Columbia and Snake rivers, a recent report says.
On Sunday, June 27, watercraft inspection stations in eastern Montana intercepted two boats entering the state carrying invasive mussels, making it the 35th and 36th mussel-fouled boats intercepted this year. This surpasses the total number of 35 mussel-fouled boats intercepted in 2020.
Biologists led by the University of Iowa discovered the presence of the invasive New Zealand mud snail by detecting their DNA in waters they were inhabiting incognito. The researchers employed a technique called environmental DNA to reveal the snails’ existence, showing the method can be used to detect and control new, unknown incursions by the snail and other invasive species.
A draft report by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission shows that funding for watercraft inspection stations in the four Northwest states in 2020 remained nearly the same as levels spent in 2019. However, interceptions of small watercraft infested with zebra or quagga mussels at the states’ borders rose by 15 percent.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has filed emergency rules prohibiting the import of Marimo or moss balls infested with invasive zebra mussels.
On the heels of a successful and significant reduction of lake trout in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho is now using some of the same methods – gillnetting and an angler rewards program – it used to fight lake trout in a new effort to reduce the population of invasive walleye in the lake.
Nearly 3,000 moss balls, which are suspected or confirmed to be contaminated with zebra mussels, have been seized or surrendered to British Columbia conservation officers as part of widespread efforts to stop the potential spread of the invasive species.
Some invasive species targeted for total eradication bounce back with a vengeance, especially in aquatic systems, finds a study led by the University of California, Davis.
A citizen’s report of an invasive zebra mussel found in an aquarium moss package found in a pet store prompted a U.S. Geological Survey expert on invasive aquatic species to trigger nationwide alerts last week that have led to the discovery of the destructive shellfish in pet stores in at least 21 states from Alaska and the Northwest to Florida.
Managing invasive species–not eliminating them altogether–is a better use of time and conservation resources in many cases, according to a study led by a University of Alberta biologist.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Aquatic invasive species unit in 2020 detected more boats than ever fouled with non-native organisms.
Natural resource managers in British Columbia discovered several adult male and female European green crabs on Haida Gwaii this past July. Alarm bells immediately went off for biologists in Alaska.
The U.S. Interior Department last week released a report on the “Safeguarding the West from Invasive Species initiative,” an effort aimed at enhancing actions by federal, state and tribal governments to prevent the spread of invasive zebra and quagga mussels to uninfested Western waters, such as those in the Columbia River Basin.
Unknowingly, anglers may be transporting small aquatic “hitchhikers” that attach themselves to boats, motors — and even fishing gear — when moving between bodies of water.
Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia’s Calvert Island. The discovery represents the northern-most record of the parasite on the West Coast and is likely an indication of its ability to spread without human transport.
The discovery of New Zealand mudsnails has shut down the state of Montana’s third largest hatchery, a trout production facility near Bridger. The discovery was at a hatchery located in the Missouri River drainage of Montana.
The number of watercraft inspections completed in 2019 across the four Northwest states rose 6 percent from 2018, but the number of contaminated recreational vessels intercepted at the stations that had invasive quagga or zebra mussels attached dropped 2 percent to 93 boats, according to a draft report by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission that was completed last week.
The Western Governors Association has launched the Western Invasive Species Council to enhance coordination between existing state invasive species councils, improve communication and collaboration on regional biosecurity and invasive species control efforts, and to advocate for regional needs at the federal level. Governors appointed 16 members to the new council.
Two different anglers on two different waterbodies, but both in the anadromous zone of the Columbia River basin and both on the same day – July 17, 2017 – say they saw one of the most feared invasive predators in the basin, a northern pike. But, their alleged sightings were quickly debunked … by science.
As inspection stations that search arriving watercraft for aquatic invasive species – especially quagga and zebra mussels – begin to close, the State of Montana reported that it had completed 110,000 watercraft inspections in 2019.
The Grant, Chelan and Douglas Public Utility Districts are contributing to an effort by tribes and state agencies to control Northern Pike, a voracious predator that, if not contained, could set back decades of salmon recovery efforts across the Pacific Northwest.
A letter in support of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ rapid response plan for invasive mussels got a thumbs up from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
An invasion of quagga and zebra mussels is being held off at the borders of Northwest states through the efforts of invasive species inspection stations, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District is preparing for the worst.
In a state that lies in the upper headwaters of the Columbia River basin and considers itself guardians in keeping zebra and quagga mussels out of the basin, Montana says that more can be done and calls on the Bonneville Power Administration to help fund permanent watercraft inspection stations.
Nearly 18,000 river kilometers (11,185 miles) of Columbia River basin streams currently has suitable habitat for an invasive predatory fish that, as climate warms, is a range that is predicted to increase by 10,000 river miles by 2080, according to a recent study.
Beginning in 2022, fish farms will no longer be allowed to raise non-native fish in Washington’s waters. Until then, updated permits from the Washington Department of Ecology require Atlantic salmon farms to step up their monitoring, inspections and reporting, and to have emergency response plans, the agency said Thursday.
The Western Governors Association at its annual meeting last week approved a resolution calling for the creation of a new Western Invasive Species Council; new mechanisms to enhance regional invasive species research, planning and coordination; and recommendations to Congress and federal agencies on improving invasive species management on federal lands and supporting state-led management efforts.
Economists tasked with quantifying the costs of suppressing invasive northern pike in Lake Roosevelt as well as the costs to the region if the pike escaped Grand Coulee Dam and migrated downstream, risking recovery of the Columbia River basin’s threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead, indicated at a Northwest Power and Conservation Council meeting this week that available data is too sparse to adequately answer the questions.
If invasive quagga and zebra mussels spread to the Columbia River Basin — the last major un-infested water system in the continental U.S. — the control costs in the basin alone could reach $500 million annually, says the Biosecurity and Invasive Species report released this week by the Western Governors’ Association.
The Western Governors Association is urging Congress and the Trump Administration to “support and empower state-led rapid response programs” to manage the risks of aquatic invasive species, including zebra and quagga mussels, rather than creating a new response system.
The four Northwest states completed 23 percent more watercraft inspections in 2018 than in 2017, intercepting 16 percent more contaminated recreational vessels that had quagga or zebra mussels attached than in the previous year, according to a draft report by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission that was completed last week.
Idaho Fish and Game staff will share updates on the Lake Pend Oreille fishery and activities planned for 2019 at the annual State of the Lake public meeting on Thursday, April 4 from 6-8 p.m. at the Pend Oreille Events Center. The Events Center is located at 401 Bonner Mall Way, Suite E, in Pend Oreille.
Rising global maritime traffic could lead to sharp increases in invasive species around the world over the next 30 years, according to a new study by McGill University researchers.
Online registration is open for the Columbia Basin Transboundary Conference: One River, One Future, an international conference addressing key issues related to the future of the Columbia River, its ecosystem, management, and international implications.
The first watercraft inspection stations of 2019 will opened this month in Kalispell, Ravalli and Browning. Watercraft inspection stations are Montana’s first line of defense to prevent the movement of aquatic invasive species.
Nearly $1 billion has been spent on salmon recovery activities in the State of Washington since 1999 when the Washington legislature passed the state’s Salmon Recovery Act, according to an annual report released this month by Gov. Jay Inslee’s Salmon Recovery Office.
The state of Montana last year inspected a record numbers of watercraft and took a record number of water samples testing for aquatic invasive species in the state, finding no mussel larvae or adult mussels while sampling the water, according to information from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, which operates the state’s aquatic invasive species program.
Bull trout populations in the upper Columbia River basin in Idaho and Montana are small and some are continuing to decline, according to a recent study.
An innovative tool that can confirm the recent presence of any given fish species in a sample of water will be highlighted at the first National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA held in New York City. The conference began Thursday and continues today, Nov. 30.
Researchers from the United States and Japan have identified 84 species of marine algae and cyanobacteria that arrived on the Pacific Northwest coast via debris from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and, to date, none have gained a foothold in U.S. coastal waters.
Northern pike is a fish that is broadly distributed across the northern hemisphere, but is not native to the Pacific Northwest, and it remains unwanted.
Its presence as low in the Columbia River basin as Lake Roosevelt is now posing a threat to native fish downstream of Grand Coulee Dam in what many are calling the anadromous zone where salmon and steelhead fish spawn, rear and eventually migrate to and from the ocean.
An international task force brought together by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in March this year released a list of proposed recommendations this week that, if implemented, they hope will revive the endangered population of Southern Resident Orca whales in northern Washington and British Columbia.
An innovative scientific tool was used in Montana to identify when an invasive fish was introduced to a water body and where that fish came from.
A draft land and resource use management plan for three mid-Columbia River dams, as well as Willow Creek Dam near Heppner, Oregon, is out for review and comment.
NOAA Fisheries has released a final recovery plan under the Endangered Species Act for Central California’s green sturgeon.
A program that has consumed an average of 18 percent of the Bonneville Power Administration’s fish and wildlife budget each year and has cost the agency over $560 million over its 10-year life is coming to end, although it may be extended.
A movement is underway to pursue a comprehensive study of the potential economic impacts that could come with an advancing northern pike invasion across the Columbia Basin river system, including salmon waters referred to as “The Anadromous Zone.”
With summer half over, more than 50,000 watercraft have been inspected at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks aquatic invasive species inspection stations around the state.
The frontline defense against the entry of invasive and damaging quagga and zebra mussels into the Northwest is Montana’s huge program to detect infested boats as they enter the state. It is also the only one of four Northwest states that has detected mussels in water bodies — Tiber and Canyon Ferry reservoirs east of Continental Divide.
A proposal to beef up suppression and monitoring of invasive northern pike in Lake Roosevelt was approved this week by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife last week found invasive, non-native zebra mussels on a boat stopped for inspection at the Washington-Idaho border on Interstate 90 just east of Spokane.
The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wibaux watercraft inspection station intercepted a boat carrying zebra mussels last week. The owner purchased the used boat and was transporting it to Alberta, Canada. The last launch of the boat was in Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin.
What difference does it make whether an angler catches one big fish or two smaller fish, each half its weight?
In its most recent review of the Lake Roosevelt Northern Pike suppression program, the Independent Scientific Review Panel said the project meets scientific review criteria with qualifications, but it also said it has doubts that efforts to suppress northern pike in the Columbia River basin could ever be fully successful, especially given current efforts.
Boating season is starting and people hauling both motorized and non-motorized boats must stop at watercraft inspection stations opening around Oregon next week.
Most migratory bull trout populations in the Upper Columbia River are found in low abundance and their numbers are either stable or declining, according to a recent study.
The U.S. Department of the Interior has released a report highlighting the progress made in the fight against invasive zebra and quagga mussels, which can impair the delivery of water and power, diminish boating and fishing, and devastate ecosystem health.
A proposed project in the lower Columbia River estuary spearheaded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to use dredge spoils from the river’s shipping channel to restore habitat on the Washington shore near the town of St. Helens, Oregon.
A proposal to expand a program this spring designed to suppress non-native Northern Pike in Lake Roosevelt was sent back to the program sponsors for more information in January.
A master plan that will guide the administration and development of federal lands surrounding Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day dams is out for review and comment.
In the first year that northwest states and the federal government shared the costs to intercept zebra and quagga mussels at the borders, inspection stations saw a 42 percent increase in inspections and a 49 percent increase in interceptions.
A 10-year project to restore genetically pure native westslope cutthroat trout to northwest Montana’s South Fork of the Flathead River is coming to a successful close.
Following a formal, but general letter to the Independent Science Advisory Board requesting a review of its 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council this week approved a less formal, but more detailed query to the ISAB for more information.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks aquatic invasive species inspection stations will close for the season on Oct. 15. Boaters that are still in need of an inspection can receive one at a regional FWP office.
The 2011 Japanese tsunami set the stage for something unprecedented. For the first time in recorded history, scientists have detected entire communities of coastal species crossing the ocean by floating on makeshift rafts.
A revolution in diagnostics portability is bringing the lab to the sample. Backpacks outfitted with environmental DNA sampling equipment make it simple enough for a six year-old to accurately test water samples in the field.
A recent study is the first to explore how infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) spreads among juvenile hatchery-raised fish in the Pacific Northwest, where high rates of infection and mortality can occur.
Counting redds, the nests prepared by female salmon and steelhead, is a way for biologists to measure the status and trends of fish. However, other than timing, depth, water velocity and a few other physical signs, determining the type of nest – coho or chinook, for example – is less certain and error rates of redd counts based on these physical characteristics can be as high as 34 percent, according to a recent study.
With summer more than half over, more than 23,000 watercraft have been inspected at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks aquatic invasive species inspection stations around the state.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke praised a package of actions and initiatives developed over the course of three months by western governors and federal, state and tribal agencies devised to protect areas in the West from the economic and ecological threats posed by invasive mussels.
Over the long Memorial Day weekend, two mussel encrusted boats were intercepted at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks watercraft inspection stations.
State-run watercraft inspection stations designed to stop a potential invasion of destructive water species such as quagga and zebra mussels have been operating since early spring at the borders of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Now those stations will soon be able to receive federal funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Collecting environmental DNA is quick, inexpensive and, apparently, now open to crowdsourcing by volunteers who do not have to be biologists.
A new population of invasive European green crab has been found at Dungeness Spit, near Sequim, Washington, rekindling concern over the potential for damage to local marine life and shorelines.
The number and size of northern pike found in Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir backed up behind Grand Coulee Dam, is growing and so too is the determination of tribes and the state of Washington to eradicate the voracious and invasive species, but they may be running out of the funds needed to continue their eradication work.
Invasive plants and animals are stressing Oregon’s native species and have the potential to cost millions in economic damage to the state’s water infrastructure systems, agriculture and forestry, says Oregon in its new strategic plan to combat invasive species.
Hybridization, or the interbreeding of species, is increasing between native and invasive trout across the northern Rocky Mountains, according to a study released this week by the U.S. Geological Survey and partners.
Current efforts to find zebra and quagga mussels that could invade Northwest waterways are inadequate and may allow the mussels to establish and spread before being detected, according to a recent study.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to participate in cost sharing with Northwest states — depending on the availability of federal funding– to expand boat inspection stations to detect invasive, destructive species such as zebra or quagga mussels.
A letter that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to share the costs of invasive species inspection stations with four Northwest states is still undergoing review at the Corps’ headquarters in Washington, D.C., but the Corps’ Walla Walla district has already begun talks with states and the Pacific States Marine Fish Commission on those cost-sharing agreements.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks this week announced that it is recruiting additional aquatic invasive species inspection and laboratory technicians for the upcoming season. The job opportunities are part of the state’s on-going effort to battle the risk of spreading invasive mussels to other areas in the state.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks this week released a map indicating the streams in southwest Montana that have tested positive to date for the presence of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (PKX).
Public review of a draft letter that would set in motion cost-sharing agreements with four Northwest states for invasive species inspection stations closed January 12.
Researchers this month reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a strong correlation between toxic levels of domoic acid in shellfish and the warm-water ocean conditions orchestrated by two powerful forces – El Niño events and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
Federal cost-sharing could be available to help fund invasive species watercraft inspection stations in the four Northwest states in time for the spring boating season, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The state of Montana completed testing of water from 182 separate water bodies in the state in just two weeks and found no new detections of invasive mussels, such as the quagga or zebra mussel larvae discovered in Montana waters in early November.
Some $3.7 million of federal funding to share costs in establishing and maintaining watercraft inspection and decontamination stations with four Northwest states that will combat an invasion of quagga and zebra mussels may not be available before the 2017 boating season.
Following the detection of invasive mussel larvae in early November, Governor Steve Bullock declared a statewide natural resource emergency in Montana, triggering the formation of an invasive species rapid response team.
As invasive zebra and quagga mussels continue to be found in Montana waters — including last week in the Missouri River – along with infestations in Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, three high-powered invasive species organizations are throwing an emergency “call to action” meeting next week in British Columbia.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced a final revised “Mitigation Policy” that will guide its review of potential impacts of land and water development projects on America’s wildlife and their habitats.
With news that invasive mussels have been found in Montana lakes just two hours from Columbia River basin waters, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council this week expressed an urgency for the already appropriated federal funding that would help support an invasive mussel-free zone around Northwest states.
The U.S. Department of the Interior this week released a new science plan that will serve as an action-oriented blueprint for acquiring information needed to make science-based decisions to restore and conserve the imperiled ‘sagebrush sea,’ a roughly 500,000-square-mile-area of sagebrush steppe habitat across western North America.
A moratorium on angling and lake trout eradication efforts to address the threats of overfishing and a voracious non-native species appear to have stemmed the decline of bull trout in Lake Pend Oreille, according to a recent study.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved last week the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, a $5 billion measure that authorizes spending on the nation’s water infrastructure. The bill authorizes up to $20 million to be administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to match state spending for watercraft inspection stations protecting the Columbia River Basin, including those in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, from aquatic invasive species.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving into the next generation of monitoring fish populations — one of the toughest challenges in fish management — by using new environmental DNA (eDNA) science to quickly and accurately identify fish species in streams and lakes.
The U.S. Senate approved the Water Resources Development Act on Thursday, authorizing $9 billion in spending on 25 water development projects across the nation. The bill authorizes up to $20 million to be administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to match state spending for watercraft inspection stations protecting the Columbia River Basin, including those in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, from aquatic invasive species.
Idaho Fish and Game recently received reports of sick and dead whitefish on the South Fork of the Snake River, and biologists surveyed the river to gauge the extent of the kill, and which fish are involved.
A study that set out to identify the best way to assess sites in Glacier National Park for bull trout translocations has broader implications for moving bull trout and other species into areas where they may better survive a warming climate or are threatened by invasive species.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are winning their battle to reduce the number of non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake and surrounding streams that feed on, among other native species, bull trout.
The first step in what could be a major effort to improve water conditions in the Middle Snake River gets underway this week on a pair of small islands downstream from Walter’s Ferry.
Climate change is already affecting inland fish across North America — including some fish that are popular with anglers.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized critical habitat for the Oregon spotted frog within its known range in Washington and Oregon.
Following a successful pilot program last year, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark this week announced a $2 million boost to the province’s invasive mussel defense program that will see eight permanent mussel inspection stations installed at major entry points along B.C.’s borders.
Money to help protect the four Northwest states from an invasion of quagga and zebra mussels –arriving by highway attached to small boats and trailers — could be available to states as early as mid-year to help pay for the cost of inspection stations.
Five years after a massive earthquake struck Japan and triggered a tsunami that is still washing debris onto the West Coast of the United States, scientists are unsure whether any of the 200-plus non-native species that hitchhiked over on that debris have gained a foothold in Northwest waters.
Quagga mussels once again were prevented from entering Oregon and, says the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, “potentially causing millions in damage to our state’s water systems and ecosystems.”
After some sophisticated laboratory sleuthing, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has concluded that two walleye that were caught from Swan Lake were introduced and not born in the lake.
In response to the harmful impacts invasive species have on natural and cultural resources, the Department of the Interior last week released an interdepartmental report, “Safeguarding America’s Lands and Waters from Invasive Species: A National Framework for Early Detection and Rapid Response.”
Aquatic invasive species watercraft inspection stations open March 1 at the Ashland Port of Entry on northbound I-5 and March 3 at the Ontario rest area on northbound I-84. Watercraft inspection stations in Lakeview, Klamath Falls and Gold Beach open in mid-May.
The Endangered Species Act passed its 42nd birthday last week.
In a report released by the Ecological Society of America this week, 18 conservation researchers and practitioners propose six broad strategies to raise the effectiveness of the ESA for endangered species recovery, based on a review of the scientific literature on the status and performance of the law.
Quagga and zebra mussels that have taken over many of the waterways in central and eastern areas of the United States and Canada, especially in the Great Lakes, aren’t the only aquatic invasive species that have biologists worried.
Eradication of northern pike — an invasive and voracious predator — in the Columbia River basin took on a more urgent tone this week with the announcement that a northern pike may have been caught in the reservoir backed up behind the John Day Dam.
The climate change debate has changed a lot over the past five years and this year appears to be a watershed year for conversations about adapting to the coming changes, not about whether our climate is changing or not.
Ringed crayfish have successfully invaded many rivers and streams in southern Oregon, but were just found in Lane County’s Row River. This is the first discovery of this species in the Willamette River drainage.
The first step to providing passage for salmon and steelhead beyond Grand Coulee dam – a habitat reach assessment – was approved this week by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
The Pacific Northwest– including Canada’s southwest provinces — is the only area in the U.S. and Canada that hasn’t been invaded by quagga and zebra mussels, a species that already clogs water pipes and hydroelectric facilities in Midwestern states.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that petitions to list the greater sage grouse for designations under the Endangered Species Act are denied.
If approved at its next meeting in October, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council along with the Bonneville Power Administration will soon release a joint request for proposal for as much as $200,000 to investigate potential salmon habitat blocked by Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams.
A recently released study http://www.nwcouncil.org/news/intlcolumbiariver/ identifies 46 collaborative initiatives between U.S. and Canadian partners in the Columbia River Basin, and it identifies several top transboundary priorities.
Scientists at the University of Montana are perfecting a technique to detect the presence of invasive freshwater mussels long before they form massive colonies that can clog water intakes, impact hydropower and irrigation facilities, cover marinas and beaches, and ruin fisheries by robbing the water of nutrients.
After reviewing about a dozen potential fish and wildlife programs, the Bonneville Power Administration and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Fish and Wildlife Committee have identified $183,000 in cost savings the Council can use in fiscal year 2016 to fund emerging fish and wildlife priorities, but the Council will need to act quickly to take advantage of the savings this coming year.
Thousands of fisheries scientists from around the world will gather in Portland Aug. 16-20 for what is likely to be one of the largest-ever conferences of the American Fisheries Society, featuring hundreds of presentations and talks on the latest advances in fisheries research and conservation.
Northern pike were found in the Kettle River arm of Lake Roosevelt during a June 29 through July 3 survey, according to Jim Ruff, speaking at the Fish and Wildlife committee meeting during the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s monthly meeting this week in Spokane.
Last week, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife boat inspectors in Ashland discovered invasive Zebra mussels on a boat being hauled from Texas to Auburn, Washington. Zebra mussels range in size from microscopic to two inches long and can survive up to 21 days out of water depending on temperature and humidity.
Northern pike, a voracious predator that is now found as far down the Columbia River as Lake Roosevelt, could soon find its way further downstream where the fish could potentially decimate endangered salmon and steelhead, according to a presentation on the species this week at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s monthly meeting in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service Thursday released final environmental reviews for proposed land use plans that will help conserve greater sage-grouse habitat and support sustainable economic development on portions of public lands in 10 states across the West.
Fisheries managers in eastern Washington have been collecting growing evidence that invasive northern pike have established a presence in Lake Roosevelt, presenting a growing threat to salmon and steelhead reaches in the Columbia River system.
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell last week joined Oregon Governor Kate Brown and U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Ann Mills to celebrate landmark agreements that will allow landowners in all eight Eastern and Central Oregon counties with greater sage-grouse habitat to enroll their property in a voluntary conservation program – that could protect up to approximately 2.3 million acres.
British Columbia is expanding the fight against invasive mussels with a $1.3-million boost toward early detection and rapid response.
The historical range of interior redband trout that inhabit the streams in Western States has declined by 42 percent from the trout’s presumed historical levels (circa 1800), according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey report.
Threatened bull trout populations in the Columbia River basin that likely have the least ability to adapt are typically found in locations that are most susceptible to climate change, according to a research paper published early this month.
A team of scientists from Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is studying an unusual fish captured alive in a crab pot near Port Orford this week called a striped knifejaw that is native to Japan, as well as China and Korea.
The north-central Oregon’s North Fork John Day Watershed Council’s intensive monitoring efforts on the Middle Fork of the John Day River last year resulted in the collection of an invasive species, previously undetected in eastern Oregon or the John Day River system.
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Washington State University have discovered that endangered chinook salmon can be detected accurately from DNA they release into the environment.
The Lummi Nation, in a strongly Jan. 5 worded letter, asks the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take immediate action to deny a permit for what would be North America’s largest coal export terminal at Cherry Point, citing significant impacts to treaty rights and irreparable damage to important crab and salmon fisheries.
Scientists monitoring incoming tsunami debris were taken aback last spring when some 30 fishing vessels from Japan washed ashore along the Pacific Northwest coast – many of them covered in living organisms indigenous to Asia.
A new report released this week identifies natural resources that will be sensitive to a warmer climate in the North Cascades and offers management responses that will minimize adverse impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Restoring ecosystems and wild fish are major themes spelled out in the latest version of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, a set of strategies developed by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council over the past year and approved Wednesday during the panel’s meeting in Pendleton, Ore.
State fisheries managers are working to limit the spread of invasive New Zealand mudsnails recently found at the Ringold Hatchery, which is located north of Richland, Wash., on the Columbia River upstream of McNary Dam.
People spoke pro and con regarding Columbia River salmon hatchery practices and about the viability of restoring fish passage to the upper river, about the need to keep certain areas hydro free, and about controlling costs for a fish and wildlife program that is believed to be one of the most extensive and expensive in the world.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) announced this week that he has introduced in the Senate the “Protecting Lakes against Quaggas (PLAQ) Act,” which would add invasive quagga mussels to the national list of invasive species covered under the Lacey Act.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced May 19 that aquatic invasive species boat inspection stations had been opened in Ashland – the first sizeable town on Interstate 5 north of the California, at Gold Beach on the state’s south coast, at inland sites just north of the California border at Klamath Falls and Lakeview and at Ontario in east-central Oregon just west of the Idaho border in Interstate 84.
Officials at the National Park Service’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area announced late last week that it has developed a strategy to help reduce the spread of invasive quagga mussels from Colorado River’s Lake Powell to other lakes and rivers with an emphasis on inspections of boats leaving the reservoir.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council this week made available for public comment draft amendments to the panel’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
Invasive species, warming and changes to the natural flow of the Columbia River are impacting the timing and presence of zooplankton and phytoplankton, a basic food supply, in the Columbia River estuary, according to a recent study.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced that a peer-reviewed analysis finds that the agency’s habitat restoration programs are “extraordinary engines for the U.S. economy.”
In a report completed late last month, members of the Independent Economic Analysis Board “suggest that, with better information, economics could be applied to achieve more at less cost” through the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
A newly noted, blossoming infestation of non-native zebra and/or quagga mussels in the Southwest’s Lake Powell on the Colorado River is already, given northward boat traffic, being considered part of a growing threat to as-yet untainted waters in the Pacific Northwest.
Food available for subyearling chinook in the riverine environment of the lower Snake River has a higher energy content than does the food available for the same fish in the reservoirs backed up behind dams.
The U.S. Department of Interior last week recognized the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership for its conservation achievements focused on federally listed salmon species.
In a legal brief filed Dec. 27 the Idaho Conservation League asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a 2011 decision made by the Bonneville Power Administration that directs implementation of “flexible” wintertime operations at north Idaho’s Albeni Falls Dam.
The Northwest is facing increased risks from the decline of forest health, earlier snowmelt leading to low summer stream flows, and an array of issues facing the coastal region, according to a new climate assessment report.
Federal government changes to Canada’s fisheries legislation “have eviscerated” the ability to protect habitat for most of the country’s fish species, scientists at the University of Calgary and Dalhousie University say in a new study.
The first alligator snapping turtle found in the wild in Eastern Oregon was removed from Prineville Reservoir last week.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council and staff earlier this month began discussions on how the organization’s fish and wildlife “program” might be amended while taking into account disparate views on topics ranging from hydro system spill for salmon passage to the role of hatcheries in fish recovery schemes to climate change and invasive species to providing upstream passage at dams that have long blocked access to historic habitat.
Researchers at the University of Idaho and the U.S. Geological Survey have developed a way to identify New Zealand mudsnail infestations in their earliest stages – using only the small bits of DNA the snails shed in the water.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife technicians discovered quagga mussels on a motorboat on May 15 at the Ontario boat inspection station in eastern Oregon. It is the first boat of the 2013 inspection season found to be infested with the invasive mussels.
The first-ever estimate of how fast frogs, toads and salamanders in the United States are disappearing from their habitats reveals they are vanishing at an alarming and rapid rate.
They are about the size of a dime, reproduce rapidly and can attach to any hard surface. If they become established in Washington, they could cause hundreds of millions of dollars a year in damage.
Globalization, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially harmful invasive species with the ballast water of cargo ships.
State and federal agencies learned this week that the Sai-shou-maru – the 20-foot boat that washed ashore near Long Beach on March 22, 2013, with several non-native fish inside – came from Japan after it was swept out to sea by the tsunami on March 11, 2011.
The discovery of invasive quagga or zebra mussels in an Oregon waterbody would trigger a rapid response plan involving a number of agencies and stakeholders that would come together to evaluate and contain the situation.
Researchers at Washington State University are preparing for a Northwest invasion of the zebra mussel — a small, distinctly striped and rather tenacious freshwater mollusk that can quickly encrust underwater surfaces.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has reappointed Kaleen Cottingham as the director of the Recreation and Conservation Office, which awards grants for recreation, conservation and salmon recovery.
A revamped and more aggressive approach to prevent aquatic invasive species from proliferating in Montana has quietly been taking shape in Helena, but it soon will get a higher profile in the Legislature.
Scientists from Oregon State University, who have examined more than three dozen pieces of debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami that have washed ashore on the Northwest coast, say the potential damage from invasive species may not be known for years.
Initial tests conducted in 2011 and 2011 at the Southwest’s Lake Mead by Portland State University researchers indicate the invasive quagga mussels could well survive and grow in Columbia River waters.
As the known presence of nonnative quagga and zebra spread west, most notably to the Southwest, and then started to creep north, officials in the Pacific Northwest got busy developing invasion prevention plans and actions, as well as strategies to attack the unwelcome little creatures if discovered in the region.
Genetically-engineered salmon known as “Frankenfish” would be banned under legislation introduced this week by Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and the Coast Guard.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released two comprehensive reports this week that synthesize the scientific literature on climate change effects and adaptation strategies for U.S. agriculture and forests.
The population of endangered Fender’s blue butterflies has doubled at western Oregon’s Fern Ridge Reservoir since last year, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey.
Food webs needed by young salmon in the Columbia River basin are likely compromised in places, something that should be considered when prioritizing expensive restoration activities aimed at rebuilding endangered runs.
A new report suggests that climate change is causing additional stress to many western rangelands, and as a result land managers should consider a significant reduction, or in some places elimination of livestock and other large animals from public lands.
Recent monitoring samples from southern Utah’s Lake Powell have revealed evidence of microscopic quagga mussel larvae and the National Park Service has accelerated laboratory and field efforts to identify the source, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent Todd Brindle said in a Nov. 1 press release.
Some high mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest are declining rapidly due to climate change, a study suggests, as reduced snowpacks, longer growing seasons and other factors allow trees to invade these unique ecosystems that once were carpeted with grasses, shrubs and wildflowers.
So-called “invasive” or “nonnative” species – plants and animals that cause disruptions in the natural way of things when introduced to a new environment – have policy makers and scientists struggling for answers.
A team at Oregon State University has developed a statistical model that aims to predict which non-native species might become invaders – and arm resource managers to prevent their spread.
Invasive species – plants, animals, and microbes introduced to regions beyond their native range – carry a global price tag of $1.4 trillion dollars. They are responsible for the loss of natural resources and biodiversity, damages to infrastructure, and an uptick in infectious diseases.
A survey of teachers from the United States and Canada found that one out of four educators who used live animals as part of their science curriculum released the organisms into the wild after they were done using them in the classroom.
The specter of a potential invasion of non-native quagga, or zebra, mussels has the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and staff, as well as the four Northwest states they represent, working on at least two fronts.
British Columbia government officials say they worked closely with the Invasive Species Council of B.C., provincial and federal agencies, and international partners to respond decisively to a threat of invasive zebra and quagga mussels at Shuswap Lake this month.
NOAA this week announced that $250,000 in grants has been made available through its marine debris program to five states impacted by debris from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami.
As scientists continue identifying the organisms attached to a floating dock from the 2011 Japanese tsunami that came ashore at Agate Beach just north of Newport, Ore., earlier this month they also are casting a wary eye to the future and what other potential invasive species may arrive.
Washington state and federal agencies said this week the 20-foot fiberglass boat that washed ashore at Cape Disappointment State Park on Friday, June 15 came from Japan after it was swept out to sea by the March 11, 2011, tsunami.
Oregon officials are experiencing heightened concern in recent days as invasive mussels were discovered on three boats being hauled into the state during the month of May.
On Monday, June 4, ocean shore visitors reported seeing a loose dock floating offshore near Agate Beach one mile north of Newport, Ore.
The object has since washed ashore and is sitting at the high tide line.
During the first week of inspection operations, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife boat inspectors discovered invasive mussels on two boats: one in Central Point and one in La Grande.
The strong desire, and increased effort, to prevent an “invasion” of non-native quagga mussels, or their zebra mussel kin, into the Pacific Northwest’s waterways has shown benefits over the past weeks or two, and more, due to diligence.
The report, “Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy,” was released this week.
Efforts already under way this spring at the Berggren Watershed Conservation Area continue to improve habitats for fish and wildlife on the lower McKenzie River. They are also helping to protect the river’s water quality.
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture announced that last week that mandatory watercraft inspection stations were opened in early February – the earliest ever – and immediately provided rewards in the effort to block invasive zebra and/or quagga mussels from entering the state.
Northwest states and Canadian provinces have launched a letter-writing and lobbying campaign to assure that a $1 million appropriation line item in the Department of Interior’s fiscal year 2012 budget is spent to help cut off the spread of invasive quagga-mussels from a main source – the Park Service’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The Obama Administration this week released the first draft national strategy aimed at helping decision makers and resource managers prepare for and help reduce the impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council on Tuesday recommended, with qualifications, that an ambitious and expensive habitat restoration project be funded in the Tucannon River basin to make the southeast Washington stream more hospitable for threatened Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon and steelhead.
John Mankowski has been appointed to be the new coordinator of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today.
Northeast Washington’s Kalispel Tribe has mounted an effort to turn back a wave of invasive northern pike that has devastated local fish populations and warns that other areas of the Columbia River basin could suffer the same consequence.
The take home message last week was that communication and coordination has improved…, but still needs to get better if the Pacific Northwest region is going to ward off what are continuing threats from invasive species such as quagga and zebra mussels.
The decline of large predators and other “apex consumers” at the top of the food chain has disrupted ecosystems across the planet.
People hauling boats to and from Washington waterways this summer may be stopped by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife enforcement officers conducting mandatory checks of boats, trailers and gear for aquatic invasive species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region Fisheries Program is releasing an informational video on the dangers of quagga mussels and zebra mussels spreading to Northwest waters via boats.
Michael Carrier has been appointed assistant regional director for Fishery Resources in the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Regional Director Robyn Thorson announced this week.
The Interior Department this week released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western United States.
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation recently unveiled the first-of-its-kind boat wash decontamination system in a recent demonstration at the Boise office of the Bureau of Reclamation.
An exotic quagga mussel adult was found on a sailboat hull during an inspection conducted at the Dayton Yacht harbor near Flathead Lake on Saturday, March 5.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment from boaters and other stakeholders to help develop proposed regulations, as required by the 2008 Clean Boating Act, to reduce water pollution and the spread of invasive species in the nation’s rivers, lakes and other water bodies.
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s draft plan to protect Pacific salmon from six pesticides.
Deep-water divers and genetic testing and laboratory analysis of water samples did not detect any evidence of the presence of exotic mussels in Flathead Lake.
There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, but claims that the “Great Garbage Patch” between California and Japan is twice the size of Texas are grossly exaggerated, according to an analysis by an Oregon State University scientist.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has awarded a Partners in Conservation Award to the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board Implementation Team for its contributions to salmon recovery in Washington state.
In the not-too-distant future, Oregon will face summer water shortages, an increase in wildfire risk and more extreme weather events, according to the first Oregon Climate Assessment Report released this week.
Michael Carrier has been appointed to be the coordinator of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, a position that will lead a partnership effort to obtain the science needed to respond to climate change and other threats to fish and wildlife and their habitats and to support large, landscape scale conservation.
Gabriela Chavarria, former director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Science Center, has been named science adviser to the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
CBB Shorts: Ocean Chinook Harvest; Spring Chinook Fishing In Wallowa, Imnaha; Fall Chinook Fishing In Deschutes; $30 Million For Puget Sound; Eastern Oregon Watershed Restoration; Carbon Emissions Impact Fish; Salmon In Hot Water; Potential Water Crisis In West
People hauling boats to and from Washington waterways this summer may be stopped by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers conducting mandatory checks of boats, trailers and gear for aquatic invasive species.
CBB Shorts: Invasive Species Factors; Development Impacts On Aquatic Life; Status Of Washington’s Forests; Crooked River Trout Survey; Grouse Recovery Plan
An aggressive, invasive aquatic organism that is on the state’s most dangerous species list has been discovered in both Winchester Bay and Coos Bay, and scientists say this “colonial tunicate” — Didemnum vexillum — has serious economic and environmental implications.
CBB Shorts: Snake Tribs Water Quality; Sagegrouse Protection; Spring Creek Hatchery Improvements; Wolverine Protection; Interior Habitat Grants For NW
No one wants non-native, invasive zebra or quagga mussels anywhere near the Columbia River basin. So researchers have taken water to the mollusks in an attempt to evaluate how they might fare if they made their way to the Northwest.
An arrest warrant this week was issued for a commercial trucker from Michigan charged with transporting invasive zebra mussels into Washington state aboard a 50-foot cabin cruiser.
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