NOAA Fisheries, in partnership with Idaho’s Office of Species Conservation, is drafting our state’s portion of the recovery plans for two listed salmonid species: Snake River spring/summer Chinook (threatened), and Snake River Basin steelhead (threatened).  Through this website, we want to share preliminary drafts in order to keep stakeholders informed of progress on the plan and to obtain comments that may help shape the plan and make it as accurate and useful as possible.  

At this stage we are interested in your review of the information we have compiled, the way we have used the information, and our conclusions.  We invite feedback on:

• Methods, including population identification;
• Assessments of current status of the species;
• Recovery goals;
• Limiting factors, threats, and risks;
• Priority actions that should be taken to recover the populations in which you may be interested; and,
• Our preliminary recovery strategies.

We have recently updated the sections on habitat within Idaho for spring/summer Chinook salmon and steelhead, and we invite your comments on these revisions. Sections of the plan dealing with the migratory corridor (including the hydropower system), ocean conditions, the estuary, hatcheries, and harvest are still in process.

As further sections of the plan are completed, they will be placed on this website, so check in frequently to see what’s new.   Please send your comments to IdahoSalmon@noaa.gov. 

Thank you for helping us refine a plan that meets the needs of both salmon and steelhead and of our state’s citizens.