http://nwpr.org en http://nwpr.org/post/noaa-hopes-foster-ideas-and-future-collaboration <p>Environmentalists, farmers and irrigators could play a bigger role in creating long term management policies for Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead. The government has asked two university programs in Oregon and Washington to act as mediators over the next six months, talking with more than 200 organizations, states and tribes in order to find a better way of managing fish. Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:24:01 +0000 Aaron Kunz 19915 at http://nwpr.org NOAA Hopes to Foster Ideas and Future Collaboration http://nwpr.org/post/spring-chinook-numbers-lower-expected <p>You might remember predictions of really high spring Chinook runs this year. But, turns outs, after spring salmon runs wrapped up, the numbers were not as high as everyone had hoped. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:05:39 +0000 Courtney Flatt 10370 at http://nwpr.org Spring Chinook Numbers Lower Than Expected