7089

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7089
• Author: Northwest Power Planning Council.
• Title: Strategy for Salmon
• USFW Year: 1992.
• USFW - Doc Type: Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
• Copyright Material: NO

Even/natural-events, such as flooding,
landsliqes ,and drougJ.1t, inflict atoll on fish,
Currently, the NortJ:1west is experiencing a
,drought that has lasted nearly a decade in
some parts of the basin. Thi.s.has rriadeit
more difficult to provicfeadequate water to
,aid salmon migrations.

,. Endangered Species Act

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...In the late'1970s, petitions were filed to
protect certain salmon,runs under the feder-
al Endangered Speci~sAct. These petitions
were deferred pending creation of the
Council, and our fish and wi1dlif~.program.

1818 .
The Vnited States.and Great
Britain sign'the Treaty of
Ghent, calling for 'Joint .
occupation" of the NorthWest

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The Status of
Snake River,Salmon

In 1991 and 1992, Snake
River runs of chinook
and sockeye salmon were
listed under the federal
Endangered Species Act.
These charts are based.on
fi&h counts at dams. Note
that the sockeye-run is on
a different s~ale, given its
extremely low numbers.

1827
Hudson's Bay Company ini,tiates Pacific
Northwest logging ifJdustry at i' ,
Fort Vancouver. ' '