Study Says 35 Percent Of Montana’s Cold-Water Habitats May Not Be Suitable For Trout By 2080; For Now, Anglers Adapting

Water Quality For Fish: Oregon Says Warm Water ‘Top Source Of Pollution,’ EPA To Update Washington’s Toxin Criteria

State, DOE Agree To Plan Responding To Hanford Tanks Leaking Radioactive Waste Into Groundwater Near Columbia River

Research: If No Global Warming Mitigation, World’s Fish Stocks Will Drop 36 Percent Of Current Levels, Can’t Rebuild

PNNL Develops Faster Way To Track Fish Through Dams; Sends Real-Time Data To Cloud For Day-To-Day Decisions On Fish Passage

Portland Prohibits New, Expanded Fossil Fuel Terminals,Follows Report Large Earthquake Could Cause Massive Fuel Spill Into Willamette, Columbia Rivers

Roadway Runoff With Toxic Compound From Tires Killing ESA Salmon; Road Building With Federal Funds Must Consider Impacts

Study Says Climate Change Makes California Megaflood Twice As Likely, Would Inundate Major Valleys For Hundreds Of Miles

Idaho’s Draft State Wildlife Action Plan Starkly Details Climate Change Impacts On Fish/Wildlife; Heat, Drought, Early Runoff

Anticipating Shasta Lake Water Too Hot For Sacramento River Salmon, Innovative Chilling Units At Hatchery Protecting ESA Chinook

New Study Measures 38 Years Of Glacier Change In Alaska’s Kenai Fjords; 13 Of 19 Show Substantial Retreat

Columbia River Long-Term Water Supply Forecast; Tension Coming Over Adequate Streamflows For Fish, Higher Demand For Hydro

Goodbye 1937 Flow Data: With Climate Change BPA Now Using Most Recent Conditions To Inform Future PNW Hydrology, Power Generation Estimates

Proposed Open Pit Gold Mining Project In Salmon River Basin Gets First Significant Permit; Nez Perce Tribe, Groups File Challenge

Yes, Columbia River Basin Includes Nevada, Salmon Blocked Since 1928; Corps Seeks Comments On Plan To Restore Section Of Owyhee River

Biden Administration Announces Plans To Plant More Than One Billion Trees In 10 Years; $100 Million In Reforestation This Year

Study Simulates Future Of Snowmelt, Water In Northern Hemisphere; Snowpack Water Could Drop 80 Percent In Rockies

Extinction Risk For World’s Only Winter-Run Chinook: Eggs Moved To Cold Water Above Shasta Reservoir, Could Inform Reintroduction Above Dams

White House Issues Reports On Basin Salmon Recovery, Costs; ‘Business As Usual’ Not Restoring ESA-Listed Salmon, Steelhead

A Salmon From Upper Columbia Blocked Area Returns; Tribes Tracking Released Juveniles As Part Of Reintroduction Effort

Current Recovery Plan Not Working: Tucannon River Spring Chinook In Big Trouble, Options Explored

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