03. HABITAT - Columbia Basin Bulletin

New Research Shows Surprising Resilience Of Fisheries To Marine Heat Waves; 248 Heat Waves 1993-2019 Analyzed

September 7, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

UW Study Quantifies Fossil Fuel Emissions Causing Polar Bear Declines; Method Can Be Used For Other Species Impacted By Global Warming

September 7, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

NOAA Recommending $106 Million For Pacific Salmon Recovery Projects, Money For Salmon Reintroduction Projects Above Grand Coulee

August 23, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Climate Change Will Make Fishing For West Coast Groundfish More Difficult As Species Redistribute; Vessels Will Have To Travel Farther, Fish Deeper

August 23, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Is A Growing American White Pelican Population In Mid-Columbia River Threat To Salmonids? Researchers Now Studying Predation Impacts

August 10, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

Conservation Groups Petition EPA To Update Toxic Pollutants List; Tribes Seek Ban On Tire Chemical Killing Salmon

August 10, 2023/in 03. HABITAT, 06. LAW

Study Of Protected Birds Found Dead Along Powerlines In The West Found Illegal Shooting A Significant Threat, 66 Percent Of Birds Studied Shot

August 10, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

Construction Work On First Permitted Wave Energy Test Facility Off Oregon Coast Will Be Visible This Month

August 10, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Citing Sockeye-Killing Warm Water, Groups To File Lawsuit Pushing For Breaching Of Lower Snake Dams

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT, 05. POWER, 06. LAW

Study Tracks Decades Of Juvenile Salmon Migration Timing For 66 West Coast Populations; Climate Change Impacts Vary

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Scientists Develop Tool To Predict Dam Removal Costs; Up To 32,000 U.S. Dams May Be Removed By 2050

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT, 05. POWER

Droughts In Western States Driving Up Emissions When Utilities Forced To Switch From Hydro To Fossil Fuels, Has Cost Billions Past 20 Years

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT, 05. POWER

OSU Researchers Developing Technology To Treat Wastewater So Usable For Irrigating Crops; Ag Uses 70 percent Of World’s Available Freshwater

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Paper Synthesizes Latest Research On Wildfires In The West, More Firefighters On Ground, In Air Not The Answer

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Alaska Fastest Warming State; DOE Looking At Whether Pumped Storage Hydropower Will Reduce Emissions By Backing Up Renewables

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT, 05. POWER

Wake-Up Call: Climate Change Has Reduced Availability Of Water In Colorado River Basin Equivalent To Entire Storage Of Lake Mead (10 Trillion Gallons)

July 27, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

PNWA Report Says Research On Delayed Mortality Effects Of Lower Snake River Dams On Salmon, Steelhead Inconclusive

July 13, 2023/in 03. HABITAT, 05. POWER

WSU Study Shows Substantial Spread Of Invasive Asian Clams In Columbia River, Threat To River’s Food Web

July 13, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

When Ocean Warms, Chinook Bycatch In Pacific Hake Fishery Rises; Changing Water Temperatures Affect Salmon Distribution

July 13, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

We’re In Hot Water: Half The World’s Ocean May Experience Marine Heatwave Conditions By September, Never So Widespread

July 13, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

UW Research Show Massive Seabird Die-Offs Off West Coast Indicator Of Marine Heat Waves; Can Kill Millions Of Birds Within Months

July 13, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

Avian Responses To Climate Change: Birds Raise Fewer Young When Spring Arrives Earlier In A Warming World

July 13, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Cascades, Coastal Mountain Ranges Most Vulnerable To Shift From Snow To Extreme Rain Due To Warming World, Civil Engineers Should Prepare

June 29, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

Scientists Concerned About Increasing Skin Disease In Southern Resident Killer Whales; May Be Sign Of Compromised Immune System

June 29, 2023/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT

Canadian Researchers Say Urban Rain Gardens Could Reduce Toxic Chemical From Tires Killing Salmon

June 29, 2023/in 03. HABITAT

New Research Shows Surprising Resilience Of Fisheries To Marine Heat Waves; 248 Heat Waves 1993-2019 Analyzed

UW Study Quantifies Fossil Fuel Emissions Causing Polar Bear Declines; Method Can Be Used For Other Species Impacted By Global Warming

NOAA Recommending $106 Million For Pacific Salmon Recovery Projects, Money For Salmon Reintroduction Projects Above Grand Coulee

Climate Change Will Make Fishing For West Coast Groundfish More Difficult As Species Redistribute; Vessels Will Have To Travel Farther, Fish Deeper

Is A Growing American White Pelican Population In Mid-Columbia River Threat To Salmonids? Researchers Now Studying Predation Impacts

Conservation Groups Petition EPA To Update Toxic Pollutants List; Tribes Seek Ban On Tire Chemical Killing Salmon

Study Of Protected Birds Found Dead Along Powerlines In The West Found Illegal Shooting A Significant Threat, 66 Percent Of Birds Studied Shot

Construction Work On First Permitted Wave Energy Test Facility Off Oregon Coast Will Be Visible This Month

Citing Sockeye-Killing Warm Water, Groups To File Lawsuit Pushing For Breaching Of Lower Snake Dams

Study Tracks Decades Of Juvenile Salmon Migration Timing For 66 West Coast Populations; Climate Change Impacts Vary

Scientists Develop Tool To Predict Dam Removal Costs; Up To 32,000 U.S. Dams May Be Removed By 2050

Droughts In Western States Driving Up Emissions When Utilities Forced To Switch From Hydro To Fossil Fuels, Has Cost Billions Past 20 Years

OSU Researchers Developing Technology To Treat Wastewater So Usable For Irrigating Crops; Ag Uses 70 percent Of World’s Available Freshwater

Paper Synthesizes Latest Research On Wildfires In The West, More Firefighters On Ground, In Air Not The Answer

Alaska Fastest Warming State; DOE Looking At Whether Pumped Storage Hydropower Will Reduce Emissions By Backing Up Renewables

Wake-Up Call: Climate Change Has Reduced Availability Of Water In Colorado River Basin Equivalent To Entire Storage Of Lake Mead (10 Trillion Gallons)

PNWA Report Says Research On Delayed Mortality Effects Of Lower Snake River Dams On Salmon, Steelhead Inconclusive

WSU Study Shows Substantial Spread Of Invasive Asian Clams In Columbia River, Threat To River’s Food Web

When Ocean Warms, Chinook Bycatch In Pacific Hake Fishery Rises; Changing Water Temperatures Affect Salmon Distribution

We’re In Hot Water: Half The World’s Ocean May Experience Marine Heatwave Conditions By September, Never So Widespread

UW Research Show Massive Seabird Die-Offs Off West Coast Indicator Of Marine Heat Waves; Can Kill Millions Of Birds Within Months

Avian Responses To Climate Change: Birds Raise Fewer Young When Spring Arrives Earlier In A Warming World

Cascades, Coastal Mountain Ranges Most Vulnerable To Shift From Snow To Extreme Rain Due To Warming World, Civil Engineers Should Prepare

Scientists Concerned About Increasing Skin Disease In Southern Resident Killer Whales; May Be Sign Of Compromised Immune System

Canadian Researchers Say Urban Rain Gardens Could Reduce Toxic Chemical From Tires Killing Salmon

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