The Canadian federal government recently announced that it will review a coal mine proposed in British Columbia's Flathead drainage, but it's a review that falls short of what Montana officials wanted.
A series of December storms pumped up Columbia-Snake river basin snowpacks, though not enough to enable the federal Northwest River Forecast Center to predict a full water supply for fish, farmers and other water users this spring and summer.
A series of December storms pumped up Columbia-Snake river basin snowpacks, though not enough to enable the federal Northwest River Forecast Center to predict a full water supply for fish, farmers and other water users this spring and summer.
The Canadian federal government recently announced that it will review a coal mine proposed in British Columbia's Flathead drainage, but it's a review that falls short of what Montana officials wanted.
A series of December storms pumped up Columbia-Snake river basin snowpacks, though not enough to enable the federal Northwest River Forecast Center to predict a full water supply for fish, farmers and other water users this spring and summer.
Draft documents that detail proposed actions for limiting and preparing for the impacts of climate change in Washington State are now available to public review and comment.
Draft documents that detail proposed actions for limiting and preparing for the impacts of climate change in Washington State are now available to public review and comment.
Despite a relatively light early-season snowpack across the Columbia River basin, water supply forecasters are predicting that the region's streams will provide near or above average volumes for fish, hydro generation, irrigation and other uses next spring and summer.
Despite a relatively light early-season snowpack across the Columbia River basin, water supply forecasters are predicting that the region's streams will provide near or above average volumes for fish, hydro generation, irrigation and other uses next spring and summer.
A University of Alberta study shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction.
A University of Alberta study shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction.
A new study by researchers at Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that more than half of the stream and river miles surveyed in 12 western states contained non-native fish and amphibians.
A new study by researchers at Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that more than half of the stream and river miles surveyed in 12 western states contained non-native fish and amphibians.
The ability of salmon to migrate such extraordinary distances makes it hard at a management level to know whose fish are whose and at a biological level to unravel the mystery of their ocean migration.
Researchers from Oregon State University and a variety of collaborators have been awarded more than $2.3 million in funding from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to conduct seven separate studies involving Oregon streams and watersheds.
A subpar 2006-2007 water year in the Columbia River basin, particularly in the upper Snake River region, could serve to dampen the effects of wet and snowy weather in the months ahead.
One phrase -- La Nina -- kindles hope for people across the Columbia/Snake river basin who rely on hydroelectric power, grow crops, manage fish or otherwise rely on a plentiful water supply.
Climate change research directed by the federal government has made good progress in documenting and understanding temperature trends and related environmental changes on a global scale, says a new report from the National Research Council.
The General Accounting Office, in a report released Thursday, recommends that the secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior develop guidance incorporating agencies' best practices, which advises managers on how to address climate change effects on the resources they manage and gather the information needed to do so.
Oregon State University will receive $20.6 million over the next six years to lead a component of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative that will be located in the Pacific Northwest’s coastal ocean.
The biological productivity and summer “upwelling” on the Pacific Northwest coast appears to be strongly correlated to oscillating jet stream patterns, according to a new study that draws definitive links between short-term ocean effects and larger climatic patterns.
An assessment of the impact of climate change on the state, being launched this week by the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group for the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, is the most comprehensive ever.
The Washington Department of Ecology has contracted with the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group (CIG) to project how climate change will affect stream flows throughout the Columbia River Basin.
A team of Oregon State University scientists monitoring near-shore ocean conditions off Oregon says that oxygen levels in the lower water column have plummeted, thrusting the region into a hypoxic event for the sixth consecutive year.
When the westslope cutthroat spawners were captured and surgically fitted with radio transmitters on the Flathead River between Columbia Falls and Kalispell this spring, state researchers had no idea where they’d swim to.
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