Acoustic tags and numerical river models are two technologies developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that are helping improve salmon passage at the Columbia Basin's hydroelectric dams.

By ALLEN THOMAS Odds and ends from the Columbia River fisheries realm.... Big changes are coming to the operation of salmon and steelhead hatcheries on lower Columbia River tributaries.

By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Aug. 5--STANLEY -- For the first time in years, Idahoans have a good opportunity to see the state's most endangered fish alive.

By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Jul. 26--The first sockeye salmon of the year returned to the Sawtooth Valley on Friday, and fisheries biologists are hoping hundreds more will follow.

By Scott Learn, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jul.