http://wdfw.wa.gov/help en-us http://wdfw.wa.gov/help ActiveKB NX webmaster@dfw.wa.gov Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:23:46 PDT 20 http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/270/ Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife departments have each received annual grants of $100,000 to $150,000 from the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to support hazing and sea lion remo ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:44:05 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/267/ Previous efforts to relocate sea lions to other waters have been largely unsuccessful, because sea lions often return to the site where they were captured. The experience with sea lions at the Bal ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:43:40 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/266/ No. California sea lion numbers have grown rapidly since the 1970s and the species is now at "carrying capacity" - near the highest level the environment can sustain - according to wildlife biolog ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:43:19 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/265/ There are some positive signs, but it is too soon to assess the success of the states' efforts. The good news is that the number of California sea lions feeding in the tailrace area has declined f ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:42:56 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/264/ Sea lions naturally haul out of the water and rest on structures such as jetties and docks. They will also haul out into floating cages, which are used by wildlife biologists to capture these anim ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:42:20 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/324/ From 2008-12, wildlife managers for WDFW and ODFW removed a total of 54 California sea lions in the Columbia River. Thirty-eight were euthanized by lethal injection and 11 were successfully placed ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:41:39 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/260/ Each year since 2002, the Army Corps of Engineers has stationed observers with spotting scopes and along the deck of Bonneville Dam to record the number of salmon and steelhead consumed by sea lio ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:40:34 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/258/ Since 2002, California sea lions in the Columbia River have been taking a significant toll on endangered and threatened stocks of salmon and steelhead listed for protection under the federal Endan ... John Burrows Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:39:34 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/269/ Yes. There has been an extraordinary and growing effort in this region to protect and recover salmon and steelhead populations. Sport and commercial fisheries on the Columbia River are specifical ... John Burrows Tue, 01 May 2012 21:57:09 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/268/ Left unchecked, California sea lions could undermine the recovery of threatened and endangered Columbia River salmon and steelhead. For some stocks, recovery efforts have been under way for decade ... John Burrows Tue, 01 May 2012 21:56:47 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/263/ From 2008-10, wildlife managers for WDFW and ODFW removed a total of 40 California sea lions that met the federal criteria for removal below the dam. Of that number, 10 were placed in zoos and aqu ... John Burrows Tue, 01 May 2012 21:54:49 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/262/ Each spring since 2005, boat-based "hazing" teams from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Columbia River Inter-Tri ... John Burrows Tue, 01 May 2012 21:49:33 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/261/ California and Steller sea lions have roamed the Pacific coast for centuries, but were not seen entering the Columbia River in significant numbers until the 1980s. Steller sea lions, the larger o ... John Burrows Tue, 01 May 2012 21:49:08 GMT http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/259/ Thirty-two wild salmon populations bound for the upper Columbia and Snake rivers are vulnerable to predation by sea lions immediately below dam. The population of greatest concern is the Upper Col ... John Burrows Tue, 01 May 2012 21:46:13 GMT