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The Columbia River ( Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. [11] The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
However, fish counts at Boneville Dam, on the Columbia River below the Deschutes confluence have shown a 10 year (2013–2022) average of 162,988 returning adults, and a four year (2019–2022) average of 97,352, suggesting a recent decline in rates of returning adults.
The John Day Dam is a concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River in the northwestern United States. [3] The dam features a navigation lock plus fish ladders on both sides. The John Day Lock has the highest lift (at 110 feet or 34 meters) of any U.S. lock. [4] The reservoir impounded by the dam is Lake Umatilla, [5] and it ...
This summer you can go fishing to help save the salmon — and get paid for doing it. ... commonly known as Columbia River ... The top angler in the 2022 Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program ...
Last year’s top earner made $107,800. The 2024 northern pikeminnow bounty season on the Columbia and Snake rivers opens May 1, with decent money to be made. “Catch cash, save salmon,” says ...
Celilo Falls ( Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The name refers to a series of cascades and waterfalls on the ...
A large shad population occurs in the Columbia River. In recent years, shad counts at Bonneville and The Dalles Dams have ranged from over two million to over five million fish per year. Spawning shad return to the Columbia in May and June and migrate above Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River and above Priest Rapids Dam on the Upper Columbia ...
Ice Harbor Dam. / 46.25; -118.88. Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States. On the lower Snake River in southeastern Washington, it bridges Walla Walla and Franklin counties. [4] Located eight miles (13 km) northeast of Burbank and twelve miles (19 km) east of Pasco, river ...