Much More Snow Needed: A Warm Winter Has Led To Many Columbia Basin Watersheds Showing Startling Low Snowpacks

People Try To Protect Species When It’s Too Late:’ Oregon Researchers Develop AI Tool To Identify Threats To Fish Before They Become Endangered

A $1 Million Federal Fish Passage Investment Could Lead To Opening Of 100 Miles Of Habitat For Salmon, Steelhead In NE Oregon

Recent Rains Boost 2026 Water Supply Forecast (April-Sept) For Columbia Basin But Overall Snowpack Far Below Normal

2025 Ocean Data Shows Mixed Bag Of Conditions For West Coast Juvenile Salmon, Suggesting Moderate Adult Survival In Coming Years

NOAA Rejects ESA-Listing For Oregon Coast, Northern California Chinook Salmon; ‘High Overall Abundance, Well-Distributed Spawning Populations’

Independent Science Board Issues Report On Climate ‘Resilient’ Strategies For Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife

Contract Awarded To Remove Causeway At Mouth Of Yakima River; Harms Salmon Migration, Increases Predation, Algal Blooms

WDFW Study Shows Juvenile Chinook Salmon Face Cocktail Of Chemicals In Urban Waters, Dozens Of Contaminants Found In Fish

Washington Working Group Produces Report Assessing Impacts Of Avian Predation On Salmon, Steelhead, Identifies Knowledge Gaps

Scientists Review Long-Time Steelhead Hatchery Program Aimed At ‘Compensating’ For Fish Mortality Due To Lower Snake Dams

NOAA Scientists Develop New Method To Measure Toxic Tire Chemical In Marine Life, 6PPD-Quinone Can Kill Coho In Hours

NOAA Fisheries Extends Sea Lion Lethal Removal Authorization To Reduce Predation On Columbia River Salmon, Steelhead

Judge Sets Schedule For Continuing Litigation Over Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery; Motions, Briefs Oct. 8 To Jan. 22, 2026

Plaintiffs Return To Federal Court To Continue Legal Battle Over Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery, Judge Lifts Stay

Tribe Files Lawsuit Challenging Forest Service’s Approval Of Massive Gold Mine In Salmon River Basin: ‘Scale Of Disturbance Will Be Staggering’

Scientists Say Wider Scope Needed When Studying, Restoring Columbia River Estuary, New Performance Measures Needed To Guide Salmon Recovery

Coho Urban Runoff Mortality Syndrome: WSU Research Team Discovers How Tire Chemical 6PPD Kills Coho, Step To Finding Alternative

Groups File Lawsuit Contending Steelhead Net Pen Aquaculture In Upper Columbia Polluting River, Violating Clean Water Permits

How Much Habitat Restoration Needed To Produce ‘Biological Meaningful Results’? Scientists Review 40 Years Of Projects Under Council Program

‘Sleeping Giant Awakening’: Ocean Warming Causing Higher Concentrations Of Algal Toxins In Arctic Food Webs

Oregon State Researchers Show How 1995 Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction Prompting Aspen Tree Recovery; Increased Bison New Constraint

NOAA In Court Agreement To Determine ESA-Listing Of Coastal Spring Chinook Salmon By Late 2025, Early 2026

River Managers Adopt Operations Aimed At Cooling Lower Snake River Water During Return Of Endangered Adult Sockeye

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