Deschutes River Fisheries Workshop Shows The Details, Difficulties, Needed Flexibility Of Long-Term Salmon/Steelhead Reintroduction

Group Seeks ESA Consultations Over Expansion Of Large Ship Traffic In Columbia/Snake Rivers; Says Wake Stranding Harms Listed Fish

River Managers Bump Up Lower Granite Tailwater Temps A Bit To Save Cooler Dworshak Water For Coming Chinook, Steelhead

Oregon, Groups Seek Injunction To Increase Spill For Salmon, Steelhead; Drop Dam Pools To Speed Fish Through ‘Too Hot Reservoirs’

Federal Judge Orders Corps To Take Immediate Action To Protect ESA-Listed Willamette Valley Wild Spring Chinook, Steelhead; ‘No Patience For Further Delay’

Corps’ Rejection Of Lowering Pool Level At Lower Granite Elevated To Higher-Ups; Fisheries Managers Say Will Help Fish, Corps Says Too Dangerous For Barges

With Hot, Dry Weather Since March, Columbia Basin Facing Reduced Water Supply, Low Flows; Washington Declares Statewide Drought Emergency

Columbia Basin Collaborative Issues More Details On Membership, Framework; NW RiverPartners Wants ‘Reset’

From BOG To PARG: Name Change For BPA-Council Group Aimed At Funding Special FW Projects, Details Still To Come

Friday (July 9) Update: Oregon Proposes Six Changes Aiming At Cooling Lower Snake For Salmon; One Approved, More Discussion On Others

Cantwell, Murkowski Introduce Bill Establishing Tax Incentives To Upgrade Hydro, Remove Obsolete River Obstructions

FRIDAY (July 2 )UPDATE: Hydro/Fisheries Managers Initiate More Changes At Lower Snake Dams To Cool Water, Aid Endangered Sockeye

High Temps Force Salmon Managers To Begin Sockeye Trap And Haul Next Week At Lower Granite Dam

NW Lawmakers Send Letter To Biden Urging ‘White House Led Strategy’ On Columbia River Treaty, Seek Reducing ‘Canadian Entitlement’; Conservationists’ Letter Stresses ‘Health Of The River’

Plan To Remove Four Klamath River Dams Takes Another Step; Would Open Up Over 200 Miles Of Habitat For Chinook, Coho Salmon

WDOE Denies ‘Without Prejudice’ Water Quality Permit For Pumped Storage Hydro Project Near John Day Dam

Intense Heat Wave Prompts Earlier Dworshak Water Releases To Cool Lower Snake River As ESA-Listed Sockeye Soon To Arrive

Groups Want Expedited Study To Deauthorize Power Production At Two Corps’ Willamette Dams To Reduce Costs, Aid ESA-Listed Salmon, Steelhead

Columbia Basin Collaborative Second Workshop Focuses On Year-Long Process To Achieve Salmon Recovery Recommendations

Basin Water Supply Forecasts Continue To Decline Below Normal As Dworshak Refills In Preparation For Lower Snake Flow Augmentation

124 BPA-Funded Hatchery/Habitat Projects ($127 Million) Now Being Reviewed By Council; Last Evaluated 10 Years Ago

B.C.’s Columbia River Treaty Team Issues Early Assessment Of Feasibility For New Dam In Lake Koocanusa To Maintain Higher Water Levels

Post Dam Removal: Though Spring Chinook Spawning Above Old Condit Dam Site, Fall Chinook Still Prefer Lower River Miles

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