by NSIA | Feb 9, 2019 | General
Salmon need clean, cool water to survive. Balancing the utility and efficiency of our region’s dams with this essential habitat requirement can be complicated. Achieving this balance requires a lot of cooperation between the federal and state agencies. When this...
by NSIA | Feb 8, 2019 | General
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a white paper on their proposal to increase Southern Resident Killer Whale prey availability through a selective process of increase hatchery production of Chinook salmon. “The proposal calls for 30...
by NSIA | Feb 7, 2019 | General
NSIA is asking our members and supporters to reach out their respective state leaders on the gillnet issue. We ask Oregonians to contact Oregon Governor Kate Brown to request she restore balance to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. We ask out Washington folks...
by NSIA | Feb 1, 2019 | General
It’s time for non-tribal gillnetting to end in Oregon and Washington. Please take action TODAY before the Fish and Wildlife Commissions turn the clock back decades. IN WASHINGTON: Help Support a Ban of Non-Tribal Gillnets in Washington-Call your Senator...
by NSIA | Jan 25, 2019 | General
Please contact your legislator as soon as possible to 1) thank them if they are a co-sponsor of the below bills or if they are not 2) to urge them to vote in favor of these bills. Find Your legislator in Washington. Find your Legislator in Oregon. Yesterday, in...
by NSIA | Jan 18, 2019 | General
Please find below the presentation on Washington Governor Inslee’s Budget proposal to address the Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force Recommendations. 2019_1_09_Governor ORCA Recommendations...
by NSIA | Jan 11, 2019 | General
Liz Hamilton, Executive Director of NSIA, sent comments this week to the Fish and Wildlife Commissioners to express her grave concerns over proposed revisions to the Commission’s North of Falcon Policy C-3608. The proposed changes would allow policies, which took...
by NSIA | Dec 21, 2018 | General
Last Saturday at the WDFW Commission meeting, we watched in disbelief as the Commission voted to form a new committee of three Commissioners (Kehoe, McIsaacs, Graybill) to meet with three Oregon Commissioners to make drastic changes to the Columbia River Reform...
by NSIA | Dec 7, 2018 | General
NSIA submitted scoping comments on the Washington Department of Ecology’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on potential environmental impacts of a short- modification to adjust total dissolved gas (TDG) levels in the Columbia and Snake...
by NSIA | Sep 28, 2018 | General
NSIA stood alongside a long list of the most active salmon and watershed conservation organizations in the Pacific Northwest in expressing our deep appreciation for the actions of Washington Senator Patty Murray. Please find our letter of gratitude below. We encourage...
