Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group

Mid-Columbia Fisheries is working with partners to enhance salmon habitat at two locations in Yakima County this fall.  The first location is along Cowiche Creek.  Nearly 400 feet of old railroad bed wereremoved and the streambank sloped back to allow the creek to access its floodplain.  Additional rip rap materials were removed along the left [...]

Restoration of a one half mile stretch of Trout Creek and the removal of a 1930s era dam will begin July 1 on a $2 million project on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near the former Wind River Nursery north of Carson, Washington.  In-stream work will occur during the summer months to lessen impacts to [...]

The Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group is dedicated to restoring self-sustaining populations of salmon and steelhead. Mid-Columbia Fisheries works with landowners and community partners to protect and restore fish habitat. 

Mid-Columbia Fisheries is a non-profit, community based group. The Mid-Columbia region includes the Yakima Basin, the Klickitat, White Salmon, and Wind Rivers, and numerous smaller tributaries in [...]

Mid-Columbia Fisheries sponsors and supports projects to protect, restore, and enhance habitat for salmonids throughout our region. Projects include:

Riparian revegetation
Livestock exclusion fencing
Fish passage
Instream habitat improvement
Sediment reduction (bank stabilization, road storm-proofing, and more)
Assistance with habitat acquisition

Information on our projects can currently be found in the following reports. Additional information can be obtained by contacting us.

2009 MCFEG [...]