First-Ever A.I. Algorithm Correctly Estimates Coastal Fish Stocks; Could Save Millions, Bridge Global Data, Sustainability Divide

Basin Water Supply Forecasts Rising, 93 Percent Of Normal At Dalles Dam; Low Canada Snowpack Impacting Flows

Yakama Nation Announces Intent To Sue Feds Over Lack Of Cleanup Action At Bradford Island (Bonneville Dam) Superfund Site

New Mapping Research Reveals Hotspots For 41 Infectious Agents In Wild Pacific Salmon Along British Columbia Coast

Mimicking Natural Spring Runoff: Researchers Tagging Juvenile Sacramento River Salmon To Measure Survival Benefits Of ‘Pulse Flows’

As Expiration Date Nears, U.S., Canada Pushing To Finish Columbia River Treaty Negotiations By June; Uncertainty Over Future Operations A Motivator

Study Documents Wide-Ranging Declines Of North American Wild Chinook; Reforms Should Include Fisheries Management Of Mixed-Stock Ocean Fisheries

Tribes, Corps Studying Impacts Of Sediment Buildup (Deltas) At Mouths Of Columbia River Tribs; Impacts Temps, Predation, Salmon Survival

Cooler Weather Keeping Snowpack Higher Up But Basin Water Supply Expected To Be Below Average This Summer

Study Examines Ways To Dredge Columbia River Mouth For Navigation While Maintaining Healthy Nearshore Habitats, Limit Sediment Lost At Sea

Canada, U.S. Meet For 16th Round Of Columbia River Treaty Negotiations; Biden, Trudeau Issue Statement 

Comments On Corps’ Draft EIS for 13 Willamette Valley Dams Question Whether Plan Avoids Jeopardy For ESA-Listed Salmonids

Why Are Southern Resident Killer Whales Not Recovering? Ground-Breaking Study Shows Inbreeding Major Contributor To Decline Of Endangered Orcas

Northwest Washington Study: With Less Salmon To Eat, Bald Eagles Showing Up On Dairy Farms To Get Food From Farm By-Products

With End Of La Nina, Ocean Conditions Likely Trending Downward For Salmon, Steelhead Survival, Mass Of Warm Water In North Pacific

UW/NOAA Study Looks At Why Northern Resident Orcas Doing Better Than Southern Residents; They Hunt Differently

California Current Ecosystem Status Report Shows Disconnect Between Oceanographic Predictions, Observed Conditions

All This Wet Weather Yet Columbia River Basin Water Supply Forecast For Salmon Migrating Season Still Below Normal

California Salmon: Shrinking Age Distribution Of Returning Spawners Increases Impacts Of A Bad Year, Warming Climate; Older Fish Rarely Observed

USFWS Releases Draft Recovery For Oregon Spotted Frog, Most Aquatic Frog In PNW; Over 76 Percent Of Range Gone

Oregon State Scientists Analyze 41 Climate Change ‘Amplifying Feedback Loops’; Threats Looming From Tipping Points

WSU Study Estimates, Surprisingly, About 50 Canada Lynx in Glacier National Park; Could Provide Climate Haven

New Data On Salmon Behavior In Ocean, Availability of Chinook For Endangered Orcas, Resets Threshold For Fishing Limits

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