Recording: Update on Lower Columbia River & Hood River Salmon and Steelhead Population Levels from ODFW’s 12-year Recovery Plan Assessment
Jim Brick, Implementation Coordinator of the Lower Columbia River Salmon & Steelhead Recovery Plan at Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, provides a brief background on the Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Salmon and Steelhead Populations, including how recovery is evaluated through population abundance measurements, and progress in conservation and restoration actions. The talk includes an overview of how spring Chinook, winter and summer steelhead, and coho populations are doing across the lower Columbia, and specifically in the Hood River Watershed.