GUEST COLUMN: Use It Or Lose It? Water Markets, Leasing Offer New Ways To Increase Flows Without Losing Water Rights

Northwest Mountains’ Snowpack Steadily Declining; Study Looks At Impacts On Water Resources With ‘Low-To-No-Snow’ Future

What’s In The ‘Reconciliation Bill’ (At Least For Now) For Northwest Salmon? Includes $420 Million For Hatcheries, $1 Billion Habitat Restoration

Lawsuit Calls On NMFS To Take More Direct Action In Ensuring Cold Water Refuges For Salmon, Steelhead; ‘ESA Not A Paper Tiger’

Oregon Parties Agree On Changes To Forest Practices To Protect Fish/Wildlife Within 10 Million Acres Of Private Forest Land

Future Bright For American Shad, Most Abundant Anadromous Fish In Columbia River Basin; Risks To Native Salmonids Unknown

Condit Dam Removed 10 Years Ago: Some Salmon/Steelhead Moving Above Dam Site, Most Spawning Remains In Lower River Miles

River Managers Set Flow Levels Below Bonneville Dam To Protect Columbia River Chum Spawning, Will Need Grand Coulee Water

Large Scale Study Of Marine Heatwave ‘The Blob’ Shows Ocean’s Role As Carbon Sink Decreases

National Science Foundation Funds Texas A&M Research To Help Keep West Coast Fisheries Sustainable In Face Of Climate Change

Washington Considers Water Quality Standards To Protect Salmonid Nests From Fine Sediment Effects, May Add Dissolved Oxygen Requirement

Warming River: EPA’s Columbia River Cold Water Refuge Plan Identifies Not Only Suitable Tributaries, But Ways To Protect, Restore

USGS Study Indicates Early Fall Wildfires In West May Increasingly Disrupt Pacific Flyway Bird Migration

Western Wildfires Smoke Not Just A Western Problem: Study Details Smoke-Related Deaths, Health Impacts East Of Rockies

How Might Offshore Wind Farms Off West Coast Affect Wildlife? Researchers Receive Grant To Collect Data On Marine Mammal, Seabird Distribution

Three-Year Oregon Wild/Hatchery Coho Study Seeks Information To Improve Hatchery Mating Strategies To Protect Wild Fish

UBC Study Suggests No Shortage Of Prey For Southern Resident Killer Whales In Canadian Waters During Summer

Habitat Pilot Program: WDFW Initiates Process To Streamline Permitting Process For Salmon Recovery Projects

FERC Denies Emergency Stay Requested By PacifiCorp/Cowlitz PUD Over Lewis River Fish Passage Required By NOAA/USFWS

With Few Snake River Sockeye Making It To Sawtooth Basin, Endangered Fish Hang On With Captive Breeding, Outplanting Adults Into Lakes

Report Synthesizes Historical, Current Research On BC’s Skeena River Estuary, Trajectory Under Climate Change; Critical Nursery Habitat For Salmon

NE Oregon Study: Mechanical Forest Thinning Can Reduce Fire Intensity But Prescribed Burns Lengthen Effectiveness

USFWS Says American Bumble Bee, Found Across Most Of U.S., May Warrant ESA Listing; Climate Change, Pesticides, Habitat Loss

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