WSU Study Shows Drones Found Double The Number Of Potential Redds In Wenatchee River Compared To Ground-Level Observations

West Coast Gray Whale Numbers Continue Decline; May Be Struggling To Find Food Amid Ecological Changes

Where Are Columbia River Salmon Present In The North Pacific? Scientists Studying Data From International High Seas Expedition

Applications Being Accepted For $1 Billion To Remove Culverts Blocking Salmon Passage, Priority Goes To ESA-Listed Fish

Is Endangered Species Act Failing? Study Says Most Species Don’t Receive Protection Until Populations Too Small For Real Recovery

NOAA Fisheries Finalizes ‘Rebuilding’ Report To Inform Dialogue On Columbia River Basin Salmon Restoration

Emerald Ash Borer Found In Oregon (First On West Coast); Potential To Destroy Large Numbers Of Trees Key To Salmon Habitat

Drought Dries Up Crooked River: Historically Low Flows Lead To Fishing Closure, Impacts To Salmon Reintroduction

A Rare ‘Three-Peat’ La Nina This Year: Study Suggests Climate Change In Short Term Favoring La Ninas, El Ninos Long Term

Testing Underway Of Pilot Project At California’s Shasta Reservoir That Would Help Salmon Survive Climate Change

How Fish Respond To Fire: Study Shows After Wildfire Burned Entire Oregon Watershed, Salmonids Showed Resiliency

A Dam With No Power Production, No Fish Passage: Washington Legislature Could Take Steps To Study Removal Of Enloe Dam

Groups Petition NOAA Fisheries To List Washington’s Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Under ESA; Dramatic Declines Since 1980s

Study: 2021 PNW Heat Wave A Once-In-10,000 Years Event, Climate Models Struggle To Capture Such Extreme Events

Report Details How Climate Change Will Impact Federal Hydropower; For BPA, More Replacement Power In Summer Months

Corps Revokes Permit Over Lake Pend Oreille Marina, Housing Development Due To Impacts On Listed Bull Trout

Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board Awards Nearly $76 Million For Salmon Recovery; Over $8 Million To Increase Chinook For Orcas

Can We Save The West’s Disappearing Sagebrush Ecosystem? Scientists Provide Roadmap For Conservation Efforts

Pacific Northwest Groups Urge Action On Modernizing Columbia River Treaty, Concerned About Uncertainties Of ‘Called-Upon’ Operations

PNNL Report Details How Hydropower Performs During Severe U.S. West Droughts, Maintains 80 Percent Of Average Generation

No More Plastic Polluting Flip-Flops? Scientists Develop New Polyurethane Materials That Biodegrade In Ocean Water

Work Continues At Washington’s Cle Elum Dam To Improve Juvenile Sockeye Passage As Part Of Reintroduction To Reservoir, River

OSU Leaf Temperature Study Suggest Climate Change Will Reduce Forests’ Ability To Act As Carbon Sink, Leaves Get Too Warm

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