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This Month in 2006 | . BPA RELEASES PROPOSAL ON SELLING LOW-COST POWER AFTER 2011

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The Bonneville Power Administration released a proposal this week aimed at defining its electrical power supply role in the Pacific Northwest after 2011, when its current power sales contracts expire.

This Month in 2016 | After Nearly 100 Years, Salmon Fishing Returns To Upper Malheur River For Burns Paiute Tribe

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This Month in 2021 | High Temps Force Salmon Managers To Begin Sockeye Trap And Haul Next Week At Lower Granite Dam

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This Month in 2006 | AGREEMENT CALLS FOR STUDY OF UPPER COLUMBIA CONTAMINATION

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This Month in 2016 | Basin Water Managers Expecting Slightly Below Average Runoff From Now To September

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This Month in 2021 | Find Invasive Species In Early Stages: E-DNA Being Used To Successfully Detect Unknown Incursions

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NW Power/Conservation Council Approves New Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program, States Split On Summer Spill For Salmon

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Mainstem Columbia River Water Supply Forecast (Dalles Dam) Now At 88 Percent Of Normal, But Dire Conditions Showing For Many Tributaries

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Mainstem Columbia River Water Supply Forecast (Dalles Dam) Now At 88 Percent Of Normal, But Dire Conditions Showing For Many Tributaries

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Most water supply forecasts in June are lower to some degree across the Columbia and Snake river basins, although May rains tempered their decline, especially in Montana where the forecasted water supply at Libby Dam actually rose from May to June. Still, areas of Oregon, Washington and Idaho continue to experience drought conditions. While the…

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Though Columbia River Treaty On Pause, Additional Flow At McNary Dam With Canadian Water Comes With Supplemental Agreement

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Feds Reduce Court-Ordered Spill At John Day Dam In Effort To Address Salmon Passage Problems; State, Tribal Salmon Managers Disagree With Operation

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With A Poor Spring Chinook Return Coming To An End, Enough Allocated Catch Still Available For More Recreational Fishing Days

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Deadly Collapse Of Chemical Tank At Longview, WA Shows No Impact On Columbia River Water Quality And Fish, Says WDOE

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Corps Finalizes Plan To Keep Lower Columbia River Deep-Draft Navigation Channel Dredged For 20 Years At 43-Feet Deep, 600-feet Wide

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With Two Downgrades Columbia/Snake River 2026 Spring Chinook Return Marginal, Fishing Likely Done For The Year

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Klamath River: USGS Researchers Publish First Documentation Of How Rain-On-Wildfire Events Rob Streams Of Oxygen, Kill Aquatic Life 

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This Month in 2016 | After Nearly 100 Years, Salmon Fishing Returns To Upper Malheur River For Burns Paiute Tribe

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Salmon fishing in Oregon’s southern Grant County had been a thing of the past for nearly 100 years – until a joint effort by the Burns Paiute Tribe and the state of Oregon brought salmon to Malheur Ford outside of Seneca.

This Month in 2021 | Find Invasive Species In Early Stages: E-DNA Being Used To Successfully Detect Unknown Incursions

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With Drought, Summer Heat Anglers In Idaho Can Expect To Lose Some Fishing Opportunities

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This Month in 2016 | As Spring Chinook Fishing Ends, Harvest Managers Set Summer Chinook Season

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Columbia River Harvest Managers Announce Summer, Fall Recreational Fishing Times, Regs, Limitations For Salmon, Steelhead

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2026 Proving Deadly For West Coast Whales: Group’s Analysis Shows 51 Whales Already Died, Many From Poor Nutrition, Ship Strikes

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Feds Reduce Spill For Juvenile Salmon At Lower Monumental Dam Hoping To Get Stalled Adult Spring Chinook Moving Into Fish Ladders

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This Month in 2021 | High Temps Force Salmon Managers To Begin Sockeye Trap And Haul Next Week At Lower Granite Dam

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Idaho will begin a trap and haul operation at Lower Granite Dam July 6 to rescue endangered Snake River sockeye salmon, an operation they first did during the heat-caused sockeye die off in 2015.

Salmon Super Highway: Oregon Coast Coho Showing Improved Numbers With Restoration Of Fish Passage On Coastal Rivers, Streams

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Chemical Cocktail: Juvenile Chinook Salmon In Lower Fraser River Feeding, Growing In Slurry Of Contaminants, Key Prey For Killer Whales

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Montana Research Shows How Atmospheric Rivers Can Recharge Mountainous Groundwater Levels In Arid West

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Dam Removals, Habitat Restoration, Past Fishing Closures Lead To First Salmon Fishing In Klamath River Basin In Three Years

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Study Shows How PNW Forest Restoration (Thinning, Controlled Burns) Can Reduce Conflict With Spotted Owl Conservation

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California Study: Salmon Becoming ‘River Ghosts’ As Extreme Weather, Less Wetlands Lead To Substantial Juvenile Mortality During Migration

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NOAA Fisheries Announces Up To $99 Million For Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Projects

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El Nino Joins West Coast Marine Heatwave: NOAA Describes 7 Ways Prolonged High Temperatures Impact Fisheries, Marine Life

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A large marine heatwave has bathed parts of the West Coast in very warm ocean waters over the past year, breaking temperature records in the Pacific. NOAA has also announced that El Niño has developed in the tropical Pacific and is predicted to intensify to a moderate or strong level this fall.

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This Month in 2021 | WSU Study Shows Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Reservoirs Higher Than Previously Thought

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Lower Snake Walleye Study Shows How Invasive Predator Fish Benefit From Other Invasive Species (Siberian Prawn, Shad) For Food

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Removing Barriers To Fish Passage: UW Examines Process That Prioritizes Projects, Explores Whether Money Well Spent

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OSU Study Shows Many AI Users Unaware Of Ecological Footprint, One-Fifth Of World’s Energy Consumption By 2030

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With Angler Help, Researchers Discover What Salmon Are Eating Year-Round In Salish Sea, Show Differing Diets Based On Region

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Pacific Fishing Effort Mapping Project: A Geographic Grid Covering Waters Off West Coast Consolidates Location, Decades Of Catch Data, Fisheries Revenue 

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Pacific Fishing Effort Mapping Project: A Geographic Grid Covering Waters Off West Coast Consolidates Location, Decades Of Catch Data, Fisheries Revenue 

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This Month in 2006 | . BPA RELEASES PROPOSAL ON SELLING LOW-COST POWER AFTER 2011

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The Bonneville Power Administration released a proposal this week aimed at defining its electrical power supply role in the Pacific Northwest after 2011, when its current power sales contracts expire.

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BPA Says Second Quarter Financials Project Net Revenues Falling Short Of End-Of -Year Target, Agency Stresses Continued Uncertainty

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Washington Ecology Seeks Public Comment On Cleanup Of Old Smelter Site Now Slated For Pumped Storage Project Near John Day Dam

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WSU Researchers’ Model Identifies Vulnerable Transmission Towers In Extreme Wind Events, Determines Retrofits To Prevent Outages

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Corps Completes Scoping of Proposed Underwater Transmission Line In Columbia River, Draft EIS Next

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Corps Taking Interim Measures At Willamette Valley Dam Due To Risks Associated With Major Earthquake From Cascadia Subduction Zone

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Corps Opens Public Comment On Proposed Renewable Diesel Refinery In Columbia River Estuary; Could Produce 1.4 Billion Gallons Per Year

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This Month in 2006 | AGREEMENT CALLS FOR STUDY OF UPPER COLUMBIA CONTAMINATION

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Under an agreement signed last week, the financial burden for evaluating contamination levels in the upper Columbia River, and resulting risks to human health, will shift from U.S. taxpayers to the Canadian zinc producer that long used the river as a waste repository.

NW Power/Conservation Council Approves New Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program, States Split On Summer Spill For Salmon

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Oregon’s Record-Breaking Low Snowpack, Drought, Bring Impacts To Cold-Water Fish, Angling Regulations

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This Month in 2006 | $32 MILLION PROJECT TO REDUCE DISSOLVED GAS AT CHIEF JOE DAM

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USFWS Seeks Public Comment On Draft Recovery Plan For Pacific Marten, Isolated Populations In N. California/Oregon Coast

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Council Nears Completion Of New Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program With August Spill At Dams A Bone Of Contention

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Ninth Circuit Sets Schedule For Briefings In Federal Appeal Of Lower Court’s Ruling On Hydro Operations For Salmon, Steelhead

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PFMC Finalizes 2026 Recreational, Commercial Ocean Salmon Fishing Seasons For California, Oregon, Washington

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