Even With Recent Snow, Rain Willamette Basin Reservoirs Will See Tough Water Year; Less Available For Fish In Summer, Fall

Without New Spillway Detectors Hard To Know If Higher Spill At Columbia/Snake Dams Is Benefitting Salmon

Council Decision Memo To Bonneville Power Administration Calls For Agency To Address Flat-Funding Of Basin Fish/Wildlife Mitigation Projects

Columbia River Treaty Tribes (CRITFC) Present 2022 Energy Vision To Council Aimed At Protecting Salmon

Council Getting Feedback On Draft Scoping Plan For Studying Impacts On NW Power System If Lower Snake Dams Breached

Solar, Wind Energy Production Sees Sharp Rise In 2021, Hydro Drops 12 Percent Due To Drought In West

Upper Columbia Tribes Receive Over $3 Million From Washington State For Salmon Reintroduction Above Grand Coulee Dam

White House Plans On Being Involved With Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery As BiOp Litigation Talks Continue; Collaborative Approves A Charter

Utilities Agree To Provide Fish Passage At All Lewis River Dams; Aimed At Four ESA-Listed Salmonid Species

More Spill For Salmon Bumped BPA Fish/Wildlife Costs Up 18 Percent In 2021;  For ESA Fish, Most Spent On Mid-Columbia Steelhead At $36 Million

Council Won’t Be Analyzing Power Impacts Of Lower Snake Dam Breaching Anytime Soon, If Ever; Some Utilities Distrust Council’s New GENESYS Model

Columbia Basin Bulletin Q&A With Barry Thom, Director Of The West Coast Region Of NOAA Fisheries

‘Biggest Salmon Restoration Project In History’: Draft EIS Says Removing Klamath Dams Will Provide ‘Significant Benefits’ For Fish

Corps Releases First Court-Ordered Willamette Basin Status Report On Improving Conditions For Salmon, Steelhead At Numerous Dams

NOAA Predicts Cooler, Wetter March That Might Help Turn Around Dropping Water Supply Forecast; Report Says June-August 2021 Warmest On Record For PNW

Corps Details To Council Numerous Measures Taken At Willamette Projects To Avoid Jeopardizing Listed Salmon, Steelhead

NW Power/Conservation Council Adopts Regional Power Plan; Approves Staff Moving Forward On Dam Breaching Analysis

Dry Months Has Basin Water Supply Mostly Dropping; With La Nina Hanging On March Could Be Wetter

Scientists Present Report On Scientific Merit Of Basin Habitat, Hatchery Projects Up For BPA Funding

Corps Says Court’s Salmon/Steelhead Protective Order Will Impact Willamette Valley Reservoir Refills, Recreation

Annual Salmon Survival Report Says Breaching, More Spill Necessary To Improve Snake River Salmon/Steelhead Smolt-To-Adult Returns

Warms Springs Tribes’ Ownership Share Of Deschutes Dam Complex Rises To 49.99 Percent As Salmon Reintroduction Continues

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