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Article: Yakima River Basin -- Steelhead's Improvement Still Falls Short
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- February 27, 2003
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A review by federal scientists suggests populations of Middle
Columbia River steelhead - which includes the Yakima River Basin -
are showing signs of improvement.
But the fish still aren't doing well enough to change their status
as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, according to a
preliminary conclusion by the scientists.
The evaluation, the first since some species were listed more than
a decade ago, found that none of the 26 populations of currently
designated West Coast salmon and steelhead stocks warrants upgrading
their status. In fact, three of those 26 stocks are doing worse.
Improvements, according to the report, are the result of better
ocean conditions that provided more ...