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2024 Survival Rate Of Migrating Juvenile Salmon In Columbia/Snake Rivers? Hard To Say With Yet Another Year Of Low Detection, Tagging Rates

November 26th, 2024

Increased spill levels at Snake and Columbia river dams, along with lower water flow in the rivers, hampered the ability of scientists to tag and detect juvenile salmon and steelhead as they migrated downstream in 2024.

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EPA Gives Notice Of Developing New Rule To Protect Salmon, Steelhead From Lethal Tire Chemical; ‘Unreasonable Threat To Water, Fish Resources’

November 25th, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is acting on its commitment to three Northwest tribes by issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to collect information on the risks of 6PPD quinone in tires, known to be toxic in stormwater runoff to coho salmon and steelhead in Puget Sound.

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Yakama Nation Tells FERC If Pumped Storage Project Approved Near John Day Dam, Mitigation Cost No Less Than $40 Million Required

November 25th, 2024

In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation suggest that if a pumped storage project near the Columbia River’s John Day Dam moves forward, the Yakama Nation should receive no less than $40 million in mitigation for damage to tribal resources. The money would be used for the preservation and management of sacred and sensitive properties to the Yakama Nation.

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Montana Approves New Fishing Regulations To Reduce Pressure On ESA-Listed Bull Trout, Record Low Numbers South Fork Flathead River

November 25th, 2024

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved additional protections –less fishing pressure-- for bull trout in Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River in northwest Montana.

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Groundwater Declines: Oregon Study Links Farm Irrigation Decisions, Groundwater Levels To Find Potential Solutions

November 25th, 2024

Sustainable rates of groundwater withdrawal in southeast Oregon’s Harney Basin were surpassed 20 years prior to the time declining groundwater levels were generally recognized, a new analysis found.

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Forest Service Proposing Changes To Northwest Forest Plan Guiding Land Management Of 24.5 Million Acres, Could Boost Harvest In Some Areas

November 25th, 2024

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing an amendment to the land management plans guiding parts or all of 17 national forests within the Northwest Forest Plan areas of Oregon, Washington and Northern California.

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