Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski joined Umatilla Basin residents Wednesday in Hermiston to sign the Agriculture and Community Water Act of 2008, which addresses water shortages across Oregon, particularly in the Umatilla Basin where a huge critical groundwater area affects dozens of farms.
Forty years of public efforts aimed at enhancing fish and wildlife slowed, deliberately, to a crawl last month for Frank "Larry" Cassidy with his exit from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
A familiar figure on the Columbia River basin salmon recovery scene has taken a much broader role with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Witt Anderson was recently chosen to lead a $3 billion annual program of water resource projects, military construction, and environmental restoration activities throughout the Columbia and Missouri river basins.
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski joined Umatilla Basin residents Wednesday in Hermiston to sign the Agriculture and Community Water Act of 2008, which addresses water shortages across Oregon, particularly in the Umatilla Basin where a huge critical groundwater area affects dozens of farms.
-- From John McKern, Walla Walla, Wash.:
In reference your lead article in CBB, 02/29/2008: REDDEN SETS SPILL, TRANSPORTATION REGIMES FOR 2008 HYDRO OPERATIONS
U.S District Court Judge James A. Redden made it official Monday. Federal Columbia River Power System hydro projects this spring and summer will be operated, with a few adjustments, according to the terms of an agreement that outlined regimes for the spilling of water to accommodate salmon and steelhead migrations last year.
Litigation is avoided, at least for now, with the federal government's promise this week that it will deliver by July 11 a fish protection plan for dams it operates in the Willamette River basin.
For this year at least, the state of Montana won't get its way when it comes to operations at Libby and Hungry Horse Dams because of a recent federal court ruling.
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski will join local leaders Wednesday morning at the Stafford Hansell Government Center in Hermiston for a signing ceremony celebrating last week's passage of the Agriculture and Community Water Act.
Nearly 100 members of Congress signed a letter to NOAA Fisheries urging the federal government to develop a plan that examines "all scientifically credible and economically viable alternatives" for salmon recovery in the Columbia Basin, including removing four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington State.
U.S District Court Judge James A. Redden made it official Monday. Federal Columbia River Power System hydro projects this spring and summer will be operated, with a few adjustments, according to the terms of an agreement that outlined regimes for the spilling of water to accommodate salmon and steelhead migrations last year.
Litigation is avoided, at least for now, with the federal government's promise this week that it will deliver by July 11 a fish protection plan for dams it operates in the Willamette River basin.
For this year at least, the state of Montana won't get its way when it comes to operations at Libby and Hungry Horse Dams because of a recent federal court ruling.
But the ruling included cause for optimism for Bruce Measure, one of Montana's two representatives on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski will join local leaders Wednesday morning at the Stafford Hansell Government Center in Hermiston for a signing ceremony celebrating last week's passage of the Agriculture and Community Water Act.
Nearly 100 members of Congress signed a letter to NOAA Fisheries urging the federal government to develop a plan that examines "all scientifically credible and economically viable alternatives" for salmon recovery in the Columbia Basin, including removing four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington State.
A public meeting to address the fish consumption rate used in developing Oregon's human health criteria for water quality standards is set for April 2 at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The Bonneville Power Administration last week offered its initial proposal for the upcoming fiscal year 2009 rate case.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved recent revisions to the Washington Water Quality Standards regulations, saying the new standards will aid in the protection and recovery of salmon, trout and other aquatic life in the state.
The Bonneville Power Administration last week offered its initial proposal for the upcoming fiscal year 2009 rate case.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved recent revisions to the Washington Water Quality Standards regulations, saying the new standards will aid in the protection and recovery of salmon, trout and other aquatic life in the state.
A West Coast salmon stock that has been put on and then knocked off the Endangered Species list -- based on legal opinions -- was this week again provided federal protections, albeit with tepid endorsement from NOAA's Fisheries Service.
A West Coast salmon stock that has been put on and then knocked off the Endangered Species list -- based on legal opinions -- was this week again provided federal protections, albeit with tepid endorsement from NOAA's Fisheries Service.
U.S. District Court Judge James A. Redden on Tuesday granted the government's request for a 45-day extension of the time allotted for finishing biological opinions on whether federal hydro and irrigation projects jeopardize the survival of protected salmon and steelhead.
U.S. District Court Judge James A. Redden on Tuesday granted the government's request for a 45-day extension of the time allotted for finishing biological opinions on whether federal hydro and irrigation projects jeopardize the survival of protected salmon and steelhead.
Responding appropriately to a wealth of comment on its draft Federal Columbia River Power system biological opinion will require more time than anticipated, according to the NOAA Fisheries Service.
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