How successful has the Columbia River Endorsement Program been? Salmon and Steelhead

From 2010 to 2017, more than 1.6 million Endorsement Program endorsements have been sold generating over $12.1 million in revenue. The CRSSE funds a variety of salmon and steelhead fisheries related projects including: • Annual creel surveys for spring, summer, fall Chinook, sockeye, coho, and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake rivers and several tributaries -- Expanded spring and summer Chinook fishing in the Wenatchee River -- Expanded steelhead fishing in the Hanford For more information see: Reach Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife -- Expanded spring Chinook fishing in the http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/crss_endorsement/ Snake River • Annual enforcement of salmon and steelhead fisheries in the Columbia and Snake rivers and their tributaries • Cowlitz and Yakima rivers hooking mortality studies • Development of a real-time summer steelhead escapement estimator using PIT tags in the Produced by the upper Columbia River Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead • Genetic analysis of summer steelhead in the Endorsement Program Snake River Providing support for continued and expanded • Funding partner for the Cowlitz River adult management weirs recreational salmon and steelhead fishing opportunities in the Columbia River Basin • Public access enhancement in the lower Columbia River Administered by the • Purchase of a public access on the Methow Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife River in collaboration with the Columbia River Recreational Salmon and Steelhead Anglers Board

July 2018 Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) Waters where Endorsement is required: Mainstem Columbia River from the Rocky Point/Tongue WHAT: monitoring, salmon and steelhead research, Endangered The CRSSE is an annual requirement, in addition Point line to Chief Joseph Dam to a fishing license, for Washington recreational anglers Species Act permitting and reporting, access enhancement, age 15 and older who fish for salmon and steelhead in the and enforcement. Without CRSSE, many popular salmon Mainstem Snake River from mouth in Walla Walla County to Oregon state line in Asotin County Columbia River and its tributaries. and steelhead fisheries would be very limited or not possible at all. Asotin County Klickitat County HOW MUCH: The cost of the CRSSE (without dealer fees) Grande Ronde River Klickitat River WHERE: is $8.75 for resident and non-resident adults 16 years and The CRSSE is required when fishing for salmon White Salmon River older and $7.10 for 15-year-olds and resident seniors (70 and steelhead on more than 50 rivers, lakes and other Benton, Yakima, Kittitas Counties Lewis County waters in the Columbia River Basin (see list). Like fishing years and older). Yakima River Blue Creek licenses, the endorsement can be purchased at more than Cispus River WHEN: Chelan County The CRSSE was authorized by Senate Bill 5421 600 WDFW license dealers throughout the state (locations Cowlitz River Chelan River during the 2009 Legislative session and officially took effect Mayfield Lake available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/index.html) or Entiat River Mill Creek April, 2010. The idea of CRSSE was a grassroots effort by online at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/. Icicle River Lacamas Creek upper Columbia River salmon and steelhead anglers. Loss Lake Wenatchee Lake Scanewa of federal funding to monitor salmon and steelhead fisheries WHO: The Washington Department of Fish and Wenatchee River Olequa Creek threatened WDFW’s ability to keep these popular fisheries Wildlife (WDFW) administers the CRSSSE program Clark County Tilton River open. in collaboration with the Columbia River Salmon and Camas Slough Tilton River, East Fork Steelhead Recreational Angler Board, made up of six to Cedar Creek Tilton River, North Fork WHY: Funds generated from the endorsement fee are ten volunteer advisors. These advisors are appointed by Lewis River, East Fork Tilton River, South Fork needed to maintain and improve recreational salmon and the WDFW Director, representing the four WDFW Little Washougal Tilton River, West Fork Salmon Creek steelhead fisheries in the Columbia River and its tributaries. jurisdictional regions – Eastern (1), Northcentral (2), Okanogan County Washougal River It supports management activities required to allow Lake Osoyoos Southcentral (3), and Southwest (5) – which make up the Washougal River West (North) Methow River some fisheries where impacts to protected fish are strictly Columbia River Basin. Fork Okanogan River regulated. These activities include recreational fishery Lewis River Similkameen River Lewis River, North Fork Skamania County Columbia County Drano Lake Tucannon River Hamilton Creek Touchet River Rock Creek Cowlitz County Wind River Abernathy Creek White Salmon River Coal Creek Wahkiakum County Coweeman River Deep River Cowlitz River Elochoman River Germany Creek Grays River Gobar Creek Grays River, East Fork Green River Grays River, West Fork Kalama River Skamokawa Creek Toutle River Toutle River, North Fork Walla Walla County Toutle River, South Fork Mill Creek Lewis River Touchet River Lewis River, North Fork Walla Walla River Garfield County Whitman County Tucannon River Palouse River (below the falls)