Monday December 8, 2025
Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business —
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation is urging the Bonneville Power Administration to restore $50 million in funding for salmon recovery efforts in the Columbia River basin.
The Yakamas said the funds were withheld as part of the prior Columbia Basin Fish Accords established in 2008. The federal government withdrew Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement (RCBA) and the fish accords earlier this year.
The RCBA, signed during the Biden administration in 2023, involved pausing active Snake River litigation for a minimum of five years while the federal government worked with tribes and states on a plan to advance recovery of native fish populations in the Columbia Basin.