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

2025 Columbia/Snake River Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Opens, Last Year’s Top Angler Earned $164,260

Mixed Ocean Conditions When Columbia River Salmonid Juveniles Hit Salt Water In 2023, Average Numbers Returning This Year

Thanks To Reintroduction Program More Summer Steelhead Spawning In Oregon’s Upper Deschutes Since 1960s; 950 Returning Fish 

Northwest Power/Conservation Council Gets Two New Oregon Members

ESA-Listed Tucannon Spring Chinook Close To Extinction; ‘Safety Net Offsite Strategy’ A Last Ditch Effort To Save Them

Less Water, Dry Weather Hitting Bonneville Power’s Bottom Line, First Quarter Review Forecasting Revenue Loss

Council Panel Hears Details On $1 Billion ‘Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement,’ Extent Of ‘Collaboration’ Questioned

Northwest Power/Conservation Council Seeks Recommendations For Amendments To Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program

Agencies Taking Another Look At 2020 EIS Detailing Impacts Of Columbia/Snake River Federal Hydrosystem On Imperiled Salmonids

Council Shows Total Salmon/Steelhead Return Numbers To Columbia River Through The Years Short Of Goal; ESA-Listed Fish Continue To Struggle

BPA Planning Budget For Next Year For Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Projects Set At $302 Million, An Increase Over Last Two Years

Yakama Nation Tells FERC If Pumped Storage Project Approved Near John Day Dam, Mitigation Cost No Less Than $40 Million Required

Deschutes River Reintroduction Program This Year Sees Highest Return Yet Of Adult Summer Steelhead; Returns Across The Basin Up Over Recent Years

BPA Releases 2024 Financial Results Showing Net Revenues At Negative $132 Million, Took A Hit With January Cold Snap

NOAA Releases ‘West Coast Offshore Wind Energy Strategic Science Plan’ To Guide Research On Impacts To Marine Life

Bonneville Power Announces 13 More Transmission Projects For Expected Future Load Growth, Estimated Cost $3 Billion

Interior Announces First Offshore Wind Energy Lease Sale Off Northwest Coast, Could Power One Million Homes

Hydropower Industry Sues Biden Administration Over ESA Administrative Rule Changes, Says Excess Of Authority

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission To Receive $794,000 From NOAA For Salmon Recovery In Columbia River Estuary

Washington Updates Aquatic Life Toxics Criteria To Help Protect Salmon, Steelhead, Orcas

Interior Department Establishes New Willamette Valley Conservation Area, Part Of National Wildlife Refuge Complex

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