Without A New Columbia River Treaty Corps Will Need To Use ‘Real-Time’ Flood Control, Rather Than ‘Assured Storage’ In Canadian Reservoirs

In Largest Wildlife Damage Claim In Oregon History, ODFW Lawsuit Alleges Water Control District’s Work Killed More Than 500,000 Pacific Lamprey

Study Looks At What Factors Drive Juvenile Salmon Smolts To Pass Columbia/Snake Dams Through Turbines

Court Ordered Drawdown Of Willamette Reservoir To Aid ESA Salmon Leads To Death For Thousands Of Kokanee

Though Far Below Historical Returns, Impressive Numbers This Year For Pacific Lamprey Passing Columbia/Snake River Dams

Biden Administration Memo Orders Federal Agencies To Review All Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Programs, Identify Needs, Prioritize Actions

Klamath River Reach Prepped For Post-Dam Removal Flows As Copco No. 2 Dam Being Removed; 3 More Klamath Dams Removed Next Year

NW Power/Conservation Council Releases Two Reports Detailing Fish/Wildlife Spending; $932 Million By BPA In FY 2022

Biden Administration Says BPA To Provide $200 Million Over 20 Years To Advance Salmon Reintroduction In Upper Columbia River Blocked Areas

Corps Information Sessions To Focus On Basin Power/Flood Control If No Agreement Reached On New Columbia River Treaty With Canada

Draft 2023 Survival Study Says Substantial Gains In Adult Returns Of Imperiled  Salmon, Steelhead Will Require Breaching Lower Snake River Dams

As Measures Implemented To Aid ESA Salmonids At Willamette Valley Dams, Corps Studying Whether To End Hydro Production

Nez Perce MOA On Dworshak Water Helps Keep Clearwater, Lower Snake  River Cool In September For Migrating, Over-Wintering Salmon, Steelhead

NOAA Taking Comments On Ongoing Hatchery/Genetic Management Plan That Keeps Snake River Sockeye From Going Extinct

PNWA-Funded Study Says Breaching Lower Snake Dams Will Harm Most Vulnerable In 12 Counties; Farm Bankruptcies, Job Losses

Snake River Sockeye Run Winding Down As Fish Head To Stanley Basin; Conversion Rate From Bonneville Dam To Lower Granite Low

Citing Sockeye-Killing Warm Water, Groups To File Lawsuit Pushing For Breaching Of Lower Snake Dams

Fishery Managers Prepare For Allowing Dworshak’s Cooling Water For Lower Snake To Last Longer; Sockeye Run ‘Not A Pretty Picture’

Scientists Develop Tool To Predict Dam Removal Costs; Up To 32,000 U.S. Dams May Be Removed By 2050

Droughts In Western States Driving Up Emissions When Utilities Forced To Switch From Hydro To Fossil Fuels, Has Cost Billions Past 20 Years

Alaska Fastest Warming State; DOE Looking At Whether Pumped Storage Hydropower Will Reduce Emissions By Backing Up Renewables

PNWA Report Says Research On Delayed Mortality Effects Of Lower Snake River Dams On Salmon, Steelhead Inconclusive

Though Water Supply Dropping, Corps Expects To Meet Flow/Refill Targets At Libby Dam For ESA Sturgeon, Bull Trout

Council/BPA Approve Using $25 Million In BPA Funds For Long Overdue Maintenance At Aging Columbia Basin Hatcheries

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