As part of an ongoing effort to improve fish passage fish passage
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people.
Learn more about fish passage , the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program is pleased to announce the release of Passage Guidelines for Select Native Fishes of the Pacific Northwest.
This innovative guidance raises awareness of fish passage needs beyond Pacific salmon and steelhead, specifically addressing passage needs for bull trout, Pacific lamprey, white sturgeon, and small-bodied fishes in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
This document summarizes the state-of-the-science, provides guidelines for implementation of nature-based and technical fish passage solutions, and includes links to useful resources, which can be consulted for more in-depth and detailed information.
Explore the guidelines and view more information here: Passage Guidelines for Select Native Fishes of the Pacific Northwest
We would like to acknowledge the contributors who over the past two years have collaboratively developed these important guidelines across programs in the region, through numerous iterations and dozens of reviews:
- Erin Britton Kuttel, Columbia River System Coordinator, Pacific Region Fish and Aquatic Conservation
- Janine Castro, Project Leader, Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
- Jason Flory, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Pacific Region Ecological Services
- Shelby Fowler, Fish Passage Engineer, Mid-Columbia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
- Ann Gray, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Pacific Region Ecological Services
- Kyle Hanson, Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Pacific Region Fish and Aquatic Conservation
- Jared McKee, Fish Passage Engineer, Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
- John Netto, Policy Supervisor, Pacific Region Fish and Aquatic Conservation
- Joe Skalicky, Fisheries Biologist,Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
- Dolores Weisbaum, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office
