03. HABITAT - Columbia Basin Bulletin

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

September 29, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

September 22, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

September 22, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, 06. POWER

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

September 20, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, 06. POWER

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

September 19, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

September 15, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, 06. POWER

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

September 13, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

September 8, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

September 8, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, 07. LAW

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

September 8, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

September 8, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 25, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 24, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 24, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 23, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

EPA Announces $79 Million In Investments To Reduce Toxic Contaminants In Columbia River Basin

August 11, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 11, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 11, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

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

August 11, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 4, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 4, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 4, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

August 4, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

New Hood River Study: Spawning Hatchery Steelhead Have Little Influence On Wild Fish Productivity

July 28, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

July 28, 2022/in 03. HABITAT

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

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

EPA Announces $79 Million In Investments To Reduce Toxic Contaminants In Columbia River Basin

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

New Hood River Study: Spawning Hatchery Steelhead Have Little Influence On Wild Fish Productivity

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

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