Council Taps Washington’s Norman As Chair, Montana’s Grob Vice-Chair; NOAA’s Thom Moves To Executive Director Of PSMFC

FEEDBACK: Protecting Snake River Basin Wild Spring/Summer Chinook, Steelhead From Extinction Requires Lower Snake Dam Removal

Federal Agencies Announce Completion Of Major Overhaul Of Grand Coulee Dam Power Units, Work Began In 2008

Court Approves Interim Actions For Aiding ESA-Listed Willamette Valley Salmon, Steelhead; Ninth Circuit Appeal Possible

Should The Northwest’s New 20-Year Power Plan Include Analysis Of Lower Snake Dam Removal? Some Say Yes, Some No

Washington Governor Announces $187 Million Salmon Recovery Package, Includes Funds For ‘Snake River Mitigation Study’

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: As We End The Year, Big Decisions For Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery Dangle On Hold

Corps Sued For Operating Lower Columbia River Dams Without Pollution Permits; EPA Says Permit Delay Stems From Oregon Objection

Managers Kept Lower Granite Reservoir Cool During Hot Water Year, But ESA-Listed Sockeye Slammed Farther Downstream; ‘Smoking Gun’

BPA 2021 Finances Show Net Revenues Far Above Target, Infrastructure Bill Gives Agency $10 Billion Increase In Borrowing Authority

Senate Approves Former Oregon NPCC Member Sams As National Park Service Director; Warm Springs Tribes’ Pitt Jr. Tapped For Council

Phase 2 Reintroduction Of Anadromous Fish Above Grand Coulee Dam: Tribes Seek Support For Funding ($176 Million Over 21 Years), Implementation

New Infrastructure Bill Is Loaded With Funds Impacting NW Salmon Recovery, Water, Irrigation, Grid Upgrades

Washington Board Issues Order Denying Corps’ Challenge To Water Quality Rules (Temperature, Pollutants) At Columbia/Snake Dams

Wild Coho Run Hits Record Numbers On Clackamas River; Passage Over Willamette Falls Far Above Average

NOAA: Highest Spill Levels Ever For Juvenile Salmonids Makes Smolt Detection Difficult In 2021, Imprecise Reach Survival Estimates

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

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

Washington Governor, Senator Announce Joint State-Federal Effort To Assess Breaching Lower Snake Dams; Report Due Next Summer

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