In a review of 40 years of habitat restoration projects, a panel of fisheries scientists concluded that projects that remove barriers to salmon and steelhead, augment stream flows and add wood to give streams structure would likely achieve what they set out to do within a short period of time.
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Columbia River Clean-Up Act Introduced To Continue Funding For Reducing Toxics, Pollution In Basin
July 26th, 2025
Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle (D-OR) introduced the Columbia River Clean-Up Act to reauthorize the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.
Summer To Fall Fishing On Columbia: Fall Chinook Forecasted Nice Return, Not So Much Sockeye, Steelhead
July 26th, 2025
Oregon and Washington are transitioning Columbia River fisheries beginning Aug. 1 from a summer Chinook salmon run that has been the fourth lowest in the last 10 years to a fall Chinook run that is nearly 10 percent larger than last year.
‘Sleeping Giant Awakening’: Ocean Warming Causing Higher Concentrations Of Algal Toxins In Arctic Food Webs
July 25th, 2025
Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal ocean warming is causing higher concentrations of algal toxins in Arctic food webs, according to new research published in the journal Nature.
The Problem Is Now: New WSU Research Shows Groundwater Declines In ‘Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System’
July 25th, 2025
Groundwater is declining across Eastern Washington’s complex, interconnected aquifer system, as people draw on it for irrigation, drinking and other uses at a pace that threatens its sustainability, according to a new study by a Washington State University researcher.
Oregon State Researchers Show How 1995 Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction Prompting Aspen Tree Recovery; Increased Bison New Constraint
July 25th, 2025
Yellowstone National Park is celebrating an ecological milestone along with a key anniversary this summer, Oregon State University researchers report.
Relocated Oregon Wolves Part Of Colorado Reintroduction; Three New Packs, New Pups Confirmed
July 25th, 2025
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed three new wolf families — the One Ear, King Mountain and Three Creeks packs. They join the already established Copper Creek pack, which also welcomed new pups. While the total number of pups is still to be determined there are a minimum of four pups in the King Mountain pack.