Parties Put Salmon/Steelhead BiOp Litigation On Hold, Commit To Working Together To Find ‘Comprehensive, Long-Term Solution’

Council Staff Says Some Project Sponsors Not Equipped To Meet Science Panel’s Call For More Synthesis Of Basin Fish/Wildlife Projects

EPA Issues Pollution Discharge Permits For Lower Snake Dams, Includes Temperature Control Strategies

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

Science Panel Reviewing BPA-Funded Basin Fish/Wildlife Projects Says Time To Do Things Differently; More Synthesis, Solicit New Projects

Draft Power Plan Says Relying More On Renewables Could Impact Flows, Fish In Columbia/Snake River; Calls For Further Study

Temperature TMDL: EPA Outlines Details Of A Warming Columbia/Snake River Exceeding Water Quality Standards

Feds Say Despite Fish Managers’ Objections Zero Nighttime Flow Plan In Lower Snake Will Continue; ‘Clear Benefit To Region’s Ratepayers’

Yakama Nation’s Translocation Of Pacific Lamprey From Bonneville Dam, Along With Hatchery Outplantings, Showing Results In Yakima River Basin

EPA Proposes Adding Bradford Island At Bonneville Dam To Superfund List; PCBs, Heavy Metals, Contaminants

Fisheries Managers Again Request Delay To Power Peaking, No Nighttime Flow At Lower Snake Dams; Say Salmon, Steelhead Still Migrating

Oregon Denies Hood River Irrigation District Water Quality Permit Renewal For Operations, Cites Temperature Impacts On ESA-Listed Bull Trout

Tracking Basin Fish/Wildlife Projects Funded By BPA: ‘A More Disciplined Approach To Manage Costs’

California Study Says Dams Ineffective At Mimicking Temperature Patterns To Support Salmon, Reverse Extinction Trends

Litigation Over Hells Canyon Water Quality Settled; Oregon To Develop Plan To Control Temperature Impacts On Salmon, Steelhead

Judge Issues Final Order For Operations At Corps’ Willamette Valley Dams To Aid ESA Salmon, Steelhead; Deep Drawdowns, Spill

In Decision Reversal, NOAA Fisheries, USFWS Say PacifiCorp, PUD Now Required To Provide Fish Passage At Three Lewis River Dams

Can We Cool Down Columbia, Snake Rivers For Salmon, Steelhead? EPA Says Dams, Climate Change ‘Dominant Sources Of Impairment’

Warm Water Hitting Columbia/Snake River Sockeye With Increased Disease, Slower Migration, Higher Mortality; 626 Fish To Lower Granite Dam

Migrating Sockeye Seeking Cooler Refuge In Drano Lake, Some Fish Showing Large Open Sores From Hot Water

Steelhead Passage Through Warm River Perilously Low, 20 Percent Of Average At Bonneville Dam; Groups Urge Action To Aid Fish

Working On The Ground For Salmon, Steelhead: Conservation Districts Partner With Landowners To Restore Riparian Areas

Council/BPA Approve Spending ‘Cost-Savings’ On Hatchery, Fish Screens Projects

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