Article: YAKIMA PROJECT 'FLIP-FLOP' OPERATION TO BEGIN

Article: Editorial -- Yakima River Cleanup Part of Ongoing Effort
Yakima Herald-Republic;  September 27, 1998 ;     311 words ......yet another plan for cleaning up the Yakima River, but let's hope the latest required...consistently reached the conclusion that the Yakima River is one of the most polluted in the state...up the most- polluted stretch of the Yakima River sets a 15-year schedule for reducing...

Article: Salmon Fishing With a Local Hook -- Anglers are casting about on the Yakima River in the Yakima city limits for first time in memory
Yakima Herald-Republic;  December 12, 1999 ;     523 words ......wasn't the perfect day for fishing. The Yakima River was flowing high and muddy, a swirling...anglers have plied the waters of the Yakima River closest to home in the hope of hooking...open a special salmon season on the Yakima River between Union Gap and the Roza Dam between...

Article: Slade Gorton Plan Could Improve Yakima River Salmon Runs
Yakima Herald-Republic;  March 3, 2000 ;     384 words ......conditions for migratory fish in the lower Yakima River is the goal of a bill introduced Thursday...would double the amount of water in the Yakima River below Prosser during the late summer...declining salmon and steelhead runs. Yakima River steelhead are listed as threatened under...

Article: Yakima River Anglers Could Get Run of Chinook -- State studies test fishery, likely on upper river
Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 8, 2000 ;     503 words ......fishing for spring chinook salmon on the Yakima River. That may change, and soon. Washington...spring chinook, likely in the upper Yakima River, as early as this weekend. A final decision...migration to spawning grounds in the upper Yakima River. The remaining salmon, mostly ...

Article: Anglers Catch Salmon Fever -- Yakima River abundant with spring chinook and eager fishermen
Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ......is open on the middle section of the Yakima River. And with a projected 26,000 springers...where they have a chance to catch a Yakima River spring chinook salmon. The fever is...shops are feeling the effects of the Yakima River salmon fever, too. Grumpy's Outdoor...

Article: SPECIAL SALMON EGGS HOLD POTENTIAL FOR RETURN OF COHO TO YAKIMA RIVER.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 12, 1999 ;     405 words ......a special group of coho salmon at a Yakima River fish hatchery offer hope for reviving...traveled up the Yakima. What made these Yakima River coho special was that they started life...hope is the transplants can revive the Yakima River coho run. ``It proves that coho can...

Article: Congress Works on Plan to Bolster Yakima River for Fish -- Irrigation intake would be moved to Columbia River
Yakima Herald-Republic;  September 21, 2000 ;     382 words ...A plan to improve water flow in the Yakima River to benefit federally protected fish...opportunity to leave the water in the Yakima River at our current diversion until it reaches...can double the current flow in the Yakima River, whereby we improve the habitat on the...

Article: State's on the Hook for Salmon Runs -- What's Affected? Everything on Yakima River
Yakima Herald-Republic;  March 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ......declining run of summer steelhead in the Yakima River and six other migratory fish populations...harvesting and increase pressure to make the Yakima River a cleaner stream by reducing polluted...Both species of fish must swim through Yakima River water that drains into the Columbia...

Article: EFFORTS EXPAND TO CLEAN UP TOXIC CHEMICALS IN YAKIMA RIVER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 15, 2007 ;     639 words ......expanding its efforts to clean up the Yakima River by taking a closer look at various toxic...Ecology collected and analyzed hundreds of Yakima River fish for toxic chemicals. Ecology is...from polluting the water and fish." The Yakima River Watershed Toxics Project will examine...

Article: Yakima River Canyon Marathon
Yakima Herald-Republic;  April 1, 2001 ;     138 words ......particularly pretty day to drive the Yakima River Canyon - a little brisk in the morning...over the continent did in the first Yakima River Canyon Marathon. With traffic confined...support vehicles and the occasional Yakima River sport fisherman, runners took over the...

Article: A Home for Fish, Wildlife -- Yakima River acreage will stay in natural state
Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 31, 2001 ;     470 words ......fish and wildlife habitat along the Yakima River has achieved its first goal. Under a...580 acres of riverside land across the Yakima River from Union Gap. The property, deemed...privately owned land on the east side of the Yakima River within the Yakima urban area. The Bureau...

Article: Parts of Yakima River to Open for Fall Chinook, Coho Fishing
Yakima Herald-Republic;  September 16, 1999 ;     234 words ......Yakama Nation, will open portions of the Yakima River for fall chinook and coho salmon fishing...From Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, the lower Yakima River from the Highway 240 bridge upstream...From Nov. 15 to Dec. 31, the mainstem Yakima River from the I-82 bridge at Union Gap upstream...

Article: State Submits Yakima River Cleanup Plan
Yakima Herald-Republic;  September 23, 1998 ;     240 words ......up the most-polluted stretch of the Yakima River sets a 15-year schedule for reducing...and implement an improvement plan. The Yakima River is one of the most polluted rivers in...irrigation - for its water. The goal of the Yakima River plan is to reduce sediment runoff that...

Article: Yakima River fall chinook rebounding; season to open
Yakima Herald-Republic;  August 29, 1998 ;     261 words ......first chance in 34 years to legally land Yakima River fall chinook salmon. The fishery is...Fish and Wildlife manager, calls the Yakima River chinook fishery "a little hope on the...chinook runs, Parker said. To restore the Yakima River chinook run, the tribe took hatchery...