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Take advantage of Free Fishing Day on the Nez-Perce Clearwater National Forests

NEZ PERCE COUNTY, Idaho — Are you looking for something to do this weekend in Idaho? The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and other groups are hosting the 34th annual Free Fishing Day! Free ...
The Spokesman-Review

Nez Perce Tribe to use gill nets on Clearwater River

LEWISTON – Feeling crowded out of the prime fishing spots in the Clearwater Basin, the Nez Perce Tribe will experiment with gill nets and drift nets during the 2023 spring chinook fishing season. For ...
News Tribune

Idaho tribe wants its share of Clearwater River run: ‘We are a people who need salmon’

Nez Perce tribal fishers tend a gillnet on Lower Granite Reservoir. The tribe intends to use gill nets and drift nets on the Clearwater River this spring. Courtesy of Joseph Oatman Feeling crowded out ...
Yahoo

The U.S. promised the Nez Perce fishing rights. But what if Snake River dams kill off the fish?

And yet a Nez Perce tribal study published this month found that wild spring and summer chinook populations are declining by 19% per year. If trends continue, by 2025 77% of the Snake River basin ...