Category: Columbia River Salmon – Agencies and Organizations

Documenting the unrevised history of the decline and recovery of salmon populations in the upper Columbia and of the people who most revered them is the purpose of LastTruth.org.  Using cultural values and cutting edge science, the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs , the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Nez Perce Tribe are restoring and rebuilding salmon runs in their territories.  The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), composed of the fish and wildlife committees of its member tribes provides management coordination and the technical resources needed to ensure the sustainability of tribal efforts to implement their treaty-protected rights to take fish at their usual and accustomed fishing places both on and off the reservations.