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Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout

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Author: 
Jack McNeel
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2013

Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout

Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout
Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout

The notion of “reconditioning steelhead” might sound outlandish, even a bit ominous, at least when applied to an animal. Reconditioning is what’s done to prepare discarded electronics for resale, and the word carries connotations of recycling. How does one recycle a fish?

It turns out, though, to be the most accurate way to describe a unique practice being implemented in the headwaters of the Columbia Basin, to enable sea-going trout to spawn a second time without returning to the ocean in between. Only Indian tribes are doing this, although with cooperation from a couple of federal agencies. It started with the Yakama Tribe and has expanded to the Warm Springs, Colville and Nez Perce tribes...

ecosystem sustainability, hatchery, interagency cooperation, intergovernmental cooperation, species restoration, sustainability, sustainable management
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Native Nations: 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Nez Perce Tribe
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
Yakama Nation
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News and Opinion
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Environment and Natural Resources, Governance, Intergovernmental Relations

McNeel, Jack. "Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout." Indian Country Today Media Network. October 24, 2013. Article. (https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/environment/tribes-recondition..., accessed October 25, 2013)

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