by NSIA | Nov 20, 2022 | Action Alert
This summer we saw a series of significant steps forward in the fight to save the struggling Columbia-Snake Basin salmon populations. The Biden Administration committed to the “development of a durable long-term strategy to restore salmon and other native fish...
by NSIA | Feb 6, 2022 | Action Alert
This opening week of the 2022 Legislative Session saw a slate of new bills proposed. One of immediate concern to the sportfishing industry is HB 4079 and an -4 amendment that imposes a 3% sales tax on “luxury goods,” which unfortunately includes...
by NSIA | Sep 8, 2020 | Action Alert
Tell Congress to invest in and restore the Snake River to create a healthy, intact river system that works for people, for fish, and for wildlife. READ...
by NSIA | Jun 12, 2019 | Action Alert
Oregon Representative Cedric Hayden has introduced House Bill 3451 which seeks to transfer the ownership of the Leaburg Hatchery from the Army Corps of Engineers to Oregon State Parks. Hayden notes that the hatchery is an “important piece of natural resource...
by NSIA | Sep 21, 2018 | Action Alert, General
On November 1, the Washington and Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commissions will be meeting jointly to re-consider the existing bi-state Columbia River Harvest Reforms. It appears that both state commissions are poised to undo current policy, resulting in renewed...
by NSIA | Sep 8, 2017 | Action Alert
Last winter a mere 512 ESA-Listed, wild winter steelhead passed over Willamette falls to spawn in their natal streams. Sadly, a minimum of 25% of this historic low return was consumed by male sea lions staged at the base of the falls, where the steelhead are...
