Fish passage:
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The Columbia Basin tribes
will work with U pper Colum
bia United Tribes, and state
and federal agencies on this
project, he says. “CRITFC
tribes have an authoritative
management role within the
Columbia Basin and will con
tinue to pursue fish passage
restoration at all historic lo
cations.”
It is not clear how fish pas
sage would be attained at the
G rand Coulee and Chief Jo
seph dams.
Some technology used at
the Pelton-Round Butte dams
could be a model for the work
at the Upper Columbia.
Lost fish runs
The C R IT F C website ex
p la in s the situation o f the
Upper Columbia:
The upper Columbia River
Basin in the U.S. and Canada
once produced annual runs
o f 1 to 3 million salmon and
steelhead and provided habi
tat for lamprey, sturgeon and
other fish species.
T hese aquatic resources
were critical to the cultures,
spirituality, subsistence, and
economies o f Native Ameri
cans and F irst N atio n s in
Canada.
Fish access to the upper
Basin was lost with the con
struction o f G rand Coulee
Dam and further diminished
w ith th e c o n s tru c tio n o f
Chief Joseph D am in the U.S.
and H ugh Keenleyside (Ar
row), Brilliant, Waneta, and
other dams in Canada.
The potential for restoring
fish passage back in to the
u p p er basin was foregone
w ith the ratification o f the
Columbia River Treaty that
led to construction o f addi
tional dams and management
o f river flows counter to the
health and viability o f upper
basin salmon.
The cumulative decisions
in the U.S. and Canada to
block fish access and inun
date habitats were made over
the objections or without con
sultation and consideration o f
N ative A m erican and First
N ations’ rights.
Since Treaty ratification,
awareness and interpretation
CRITFC tribes to work with UTUC
o f these aboriginal rights has
been considerably clarified.
In recen t years, science
and technologies have been
developed that can effectively
pass adult and juvenile salmon
and other fishes over exist
ing dams, though the larger
Treaty dams and reservoirs
w ill p re s e n t g reater ch al
lenges.
T hese new facilities are
being installed at other dams
throughout the Pacific N orth
west, including Round Butte
and Cougar dams in Oregon
and U p p e r B aker, L o w er
Baker, and Lewis River darns
in Washington.
The recent letter fro m
C R IT F C to the N orthw est
Power and Conservation
Council reads, in its entirety,
as follows:
The Columbia River Inter-
T rib al F ish C o m m issio n
wants to take this opportunity
to congratulate the Council
on its adoption o f the u p
dated Columbia Basin Fish
and Wildlife Program. We are
particularly pleased with the
inclusion o f these two p ro
gram elements:
- To investigate réin tro
duction o f anadromous fish
ab o v e C h ie f J o s e p h and
G ra n d C o u lee dam s to
mainstem reaches and tribu
taries in the U nited States
through a phased approach;
and,
- That strongly encourages
the United States to pursue a
joint program with Canada to
investigate the transboundary
ré in tro d u c tio n o f an ad ro
m o u s fish to C an ad ian
spawning grounds.
T hese Council program
elements are consistent with
the 15 Columbia Basin Tribes
Coalition goals outlined in the
Fish Passage and RAntroduction
into the U.S. & Canadian Up
per Columbia Basin, A Joint Pa
per of the Columbia Basin Tribes
and First Nations (January
2015) and are consistent with
the Regional Recommenda
tion on th e F uture o f the
Columbia River Treaty after
2024 subm itted by the U.S.
Entity to the D epartm ent o f
State in December-2013.
The CRITFC supports the
U p p e r C o lu m b ia U n ited
Tribes (UCUT) taking the
lead oh developing and imple
menting a work and coordi
nation plan for Phase 1 o f
th e C o u n cil’s P h ased A p
proach to investigate the re-
introduction o f anadromous
fish above Chief Joseph and
G rand Coulee dams in the
United States. UCUT is to be
commended for developing a
strawmah proposal for a work
and coordination plan that will
help thé region focus on ob
jectives.
Through the collaboration
o f the Columbia Basin Tribes
Coalition, we have learned
that we can accomplish a lot
by working together and we
have learned that each o f us
have a role and a responsibil
ity for the réintroduction o f
anadromous fish above Chief
Jo sep h and G ran d Coulee
dams.
The Columbia Basin tribes
will w ork w ith U CU T and
state and federal agencies to
d ev elo p a c o o rd in a tio n
framework and work plan for
Phases 2 and 3 that will in
clude other entities that have
a foie and responsibility for
the réintroduction o f salmon
above the Chief Joseph and
The Season o f N onviolence
G rand Coulees dams.
CRITFC tribes have an au
thoritative management rolel
w ithin the Colum bia Basin
and will continue to pursue
fish passage restoration at all
historic locations. While the
Columbia Basin Tribes Coa
lition continues to discuss
approaches to transition into
the later phases, we support
getting this document out to
the region to solicit feedback
from others on the draft work
and coordination plan for
Phase 1.
Thank you for your care
ful consideration o f our con
ditioned support for the pro
posal presented by U CU T
today. Please contact me if
you have any questions about
our support for this effort.
Sincerely, B a b tist Paul
Lumley, executive director,
CRITFC.
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