Washington Ecology Seeks Public Comment On Cleanup Of Old Smelter Site Now Slated For Pumped Storage Project Near John Day Dam

WSU Researchers’ Model Identifies Vulnerable Transmission Towers In Extreme Wind Events, Determines Retrofits To Prevent Outages

Corps Completes Scoping of Proposed Underwater Transmission Line In Columbia River, Draft EIS Next

Corps Taking Interim Measures At Willamette Valley Dam Due To Risks Associated With Major Earthquake From Cascadia Subduction Zone

Corps Opens Public Comment On Proposed Renewable Diesel Refinery In Columbia River Estuary; Could Produce 1.4 Billion Gallons Per Year

Corps’ ‘Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork’ Initiative Aimed At Cutting Red Tape, Says Won’t Change Public Processes, NEPA, ESA

BPA First Quarter Financials Show Mixed Results As Revenues Fall Short, Agency Closely Monitoring Such Variables As Snowpack

Corps Opens Environmental Review Of Proposed Transmission Line In Columbia River Bed From The Dalles To Portland

Over 130 Northwest Utilities Sign Long-Term Wholesale Power Contracts With Bonneville Power Administration

Judge Sets Oral Arguments Over Preliminary Injunction Request That Would Alter Columbia/Snake Dam Operations For Salmon, Steelhead

Northwest Power/Conservation Council Releases For Comment Draft Amendments To Columbia River Basin Fish/Wildlife Program

As Dispute Over Fish Accord Funds Lingers, BPA Says It Hopes To Continue Talks On Long-Term Funding For Fish/Wildlife Projects

Yakama Nation Requests BPA Release $50 Million In Unspent Fish Accords Funds, Supports Hatchery, Habitat Projects

BPA’s Columbia Basin Fish Accords (Salmon Recovery Projects) With States, Tribes Expire; Future Agreements, Use Of Carryover Funds Uncertain

Corps Issues Draft Supplemental EIS For Willamette River Basin Dams, Discusses Drawdowns, Hydropower Cessation

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

Council Draft Report To Congress Notes ‘Significant Challenges To Salmon, Steelhead Still Reman,’ Declining Stocks, Climate Change

Cormorants, Terns, Pelicans, Gulls: Council Gets The Latest Numbers On Managing Avian Salmonid Predation Across Columbia/Snake Basin

Lawsuit Filed To Stop BPA From Joining Southeast Power Market, Says Violates NW Power Act, Salmon Recovery

BPA Seeks Major Changes To Council Fish/Wildlife Program, Wants Goals ‘Narrowly Tailored’ To Hydro Influence

Army Corps, Bureau Of Reclamation Withdraw Efforts To Complete Supplemental EIS On Hydro Impacts To Salmon, Steelhead

Council Takes Comments On Recommendations For New BPA-Funded Basin F/W Program; Nearly $300 Million For 300 Projects

Trump Rescinds Biden’s Executive Order Aimed At Restoring Columbia Basin Salmon, Steelhead Runs

Tribes’ Habitat Efforts In Progress To Maintain, Improve Cold Water Refuges For Columbia River Salmon Upstream Bonneville Dam 

EVs, Chip Factories, Data Centers, Growth Leading To Doubling Of Electricity Needs In Northwest By 2046

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