Lawsuit Says Lower Columbia River Hatcheries Violating ESA By Releasing Too Many Fish, Threatening Listed Wild Salmon, Steelhead

Other Industry, Power Groups Join Public Power Council In Challenging In Ninth Circuit BPA’s Signing Of Salmon Recovery MOU

Biden Administration, States, Tribes Formally Sign Billion-Dollar Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative To Recover Salmon, Steelhead

Federal Judge Approves Years-Long Pause On Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation So Parties Can Pursue Tribal-States-Feds Restoration Plan

Hatcheries: Groups To Sue Over Lower Columbia Hatcheries’ Impacts On Wild Salmon; NOAA Seeks Comments On Expanding Hatcheries To Help Orcas

Salmon Recovery MOU A Secret, Radical Deal? Republicans Say Yes, Administration Officials Say Brings Stability, Helps Fish, Contains Costs

Petition Filed To ESA-List Near Extinct Columbia River Gorge Wonder Caddisfly; Only Survives In 100-Yard Stretch Of Stream

New Filing Takes Issue With Requests For District Court To Reject Proposed 5-Year Delay Of Columbia River Basin Salmon Litigation

If Columbia River Basin Salmon MOU Approved By Court, What Will Be The Role Of Northwest Power/Conservation Council? Hard To Say

Group Petitions NOAA Fisheries To List Alaska Chinook Salmon Under ESA; State Says ‘Targeted Attack’ On Alaska

Idaho, Montana, Utilities, Ports File Opposition To Proposed Salmon Recovery MOU, Stay Mediated By Biden Administration

NOAA Grants $27 Million For Projects To Help Restore Willamette Valley Imperiled Salmon, Steelhead

Biden Administration, Two States, Treaty Tribes Reach MOU On Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery, Litigation Paused For At Least Five Years

Leaked Court Mediation Document Listing ‘Actions And Commitments’ For Basin Salmon Recovery Draws Objections, Questions

DOJ Proposes $33.2 Million Settlement To Compensate For Damages From Pollutants, Oil Discharges Into Willamette River, Portland Harbor

Republican U.S. House Members Request All CEQ Documents Related To Mediation, Settlement Discussions On Lower Snake Dams

Columbia/Snake Salmon Recovery Lawsuit On Hold Again As Parties Seek Buy-In On ‘Actions And Commitments’ Not Yet Made Public

Group Sues NMFS Over Orcas Being Killed In Bering Sea Trawl Nets, Wants Immediate Mitigation To Reduce Bycatch

In Largest Wildlife Damage Claim In Oregon History, ODFW Lawsuit Alleges Water Control District’s Work Killed More Than 500,000 Pacific Lamprey

Biden Administration Says BPA To Provide $200 Million Over 20 Years To Advance Salmon Reintroduction In Upper Columbia River Blocked Areas

Columbia Riverkeeper, Vancouver Port Reach Agreement To Reduce Water Pollution Into Columbia River; Port To Spend Over $25 Million

Judge Approves Third Extension Allowing Parties In Lawsuit Over Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery To Keep Talking

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