Fish and Wildlife

Mission Statement: The Fish and Wildlife Department’s overall goal is to maintain and protect viable populations of native and desired non-native species of fish and wildlife, and their supporting habitats, while providing sufficient numbers to meet the cultural, subsistence, recreational, and economic needs of the tribal membership.

Regulations & Permits | Contact Information

Videos: Salmon & People Video | Video Treaty Talks | Sustainable Fish Video | The Friendliest Catch | Bighorn Sheep | Chief Joseph Hatchery | Fish Passage and Reintroduction Phase 1 Report | Salmon Reintroduction | Pronghorn

News: News | Quarterly Newsletters  | Climate Change

Wildlife Division: Wildlife Home page | Bear | Cougars | Gray Wolf | Bighorn Sheep | Canada Lynx

Anadromous Fish Division: Anadromous Home Page | Bonneville (BPA) | Chief Joseph Hatchery | Program | Activities | Annual Program Review | Reports | Contacts

Research, Monitoring & Evaluation: OBMEP | Steelhead Broodstock | UC Spring Chinook | Sockeye Tagging | Stream-Net Project | Reports

Property: Property Overview | Bonneville | Aeneas Creek | Crowder Road | Loup Loup Diversion | Ninemile East | Ninemile North 1 | Lower Salmon Creek | Reservation Line | Pharr Road | Shell Rock Point | Lower Aeneas Creek | Bridgeport Hatchery | Omak Dutch Anderson | Programmatic Plan

Resident Fisheries Division: Resident Home Page | Trout Hatchery | Rufus Woods Lake | General Stocking Activities | Tag Reports | Report a Tagged Fish | Common Questions | Resident Fish Database | Northern Pike

Climate Change: Events & News | Effects to Us | Videos | Kids

Fish Passage | Fish Passage Page | Fish History | Salmon Reintroduction | Columbia River Treaty | Columbia River system operations EIS | Phase 1 report | Columbia River Fish Accords | Supporting Resolutions

PO Box 150 Nespelem, WA 99155
Nespelem Office: 509.634.2110 | Omak Office: 509.422.7529
Office hours: Monday -Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Chief Joseph Hatchery
38 Half Sun Way, Bridgeport, WA 98813, Office: 509.686.0234

Colville Tribal Resident Fish Hatchery
79 Tribal Hatchery Rd., Bridgeport, WA 98813, Office: 509.686.9330

***If you have a complaint regarding illegal hunting or fishing, please contact Police Dispatch at 509.634.2472 or 800.551.5800

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