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Climate Warming Driving Starving Gray Whales Into San Francisco Bay Where They Are Hit, Killed By Vessels

April 18, 2026/in Other

USGS Releases New AI Tool Forecasting Droughts, Helps Communities Prepare For Water Shortages

April 10, 2026/in Other

California Current Report: Upwelling Held Warm Waters Offshore In 2025, Juvenile Salmon Flourished In Productive Conditions

March 17, 2026/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT, Other

Much More Snow Needed: A Warm Winter Has Led To Many Columbia Basin Watersheds Showing Startling Low Snowpacks

March 17, 2026/in 03. HABITAT, Other

Uncharted Conditions: NOAA Scientists Track Another Large Marine Heatwave Off West Coast, Study Impacts To Fisheries

March 17, 2026/in Other

With A Coming Warmer Climate, Less Mountain Snow, UW Researchers Study How Forest Thinning Supports Both Snowpack, Fire Resilience

March 17, 2026/in Other

PFMC Releases Options For 2026 West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Chinook, Coho Forecasts Stable Or Slightly Higher Than Last Year

March 17, 2026/in Other

FERC Releases For Public Comment Draft Supplemental EIS For Hells Canyon Dams, Key Step In Dam Re-Licensing

February 6, 2026/in Other

Reward Offered For Information On Illegally Introduced Pike Into Kalispell Fishing Pond, Can Quickly Wipeout Fish Populations

February 6, 2026/in Other

Study: Human-Induced Climate Change Causing Shift Of North Pacific Storm Track Northward, Leaving A Cooler, Drier Northwest

January 23, 2026/in Other

Alaska Researchers Discover For First Time Invasive Northern Pike Moving Through Salt Water (Estuaries) To Invade Freshwater Habitats

February 7, 2025/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT, Other

Washington State Issues Draft Strategy To Remove Small-Scale Salmon, Steelhead Passage Barriers, 20,000 Across The State

September 26, 2024/in Other

Big Sockeye Return To Columbia River, Some Endangered Snake River Sockeye Trapped At Lower Granite To Avoid Warming Waters

July 26, 2024/in Other

WDOE Taking Comment On Proposed, First-Of-Its-Kind Pilot Project In Port Angeles To Pull Carbon Pollution Out Of The Air

July 26, 2024/in Other

With Dam Removals Proceeding, CDFW Releases Millions Of Chinook Salmon Smolts Into Klamath River

May 31, 2024/in 02. WILDLIFE, Other

Seems Like A Lot Of Snowy, Wet Weather, But Columbia Basin Water Supply Likely To Remain Below Normal; 77 Percent At Dalles Dam

January 18, 2024/in Other

With Still Developing El Nino, Contrasting Pattern In North Pacific, NOAA Says Signals Mixed For NW Juvenile Salmon Growth, Survival This Year

January 18, 2024/in Other

Oregon Approves Permit For 290-Mile New Transmission Line From Columbia River To Southwest Idaho; Existing Connections Too Full During Peak Power

September 29, 2022/in 04. POWER, Other

Washington Seeks Comment On Draft EIS For Proposed ‘Pumped Storage’ Project Near John Day Dam; Tribal Resources Would Be Impacted

June 8, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, Other

Whale Watching Boaters Fined For Getting Too Close To Puget Sound’s Endangered Killer Whales; Boats Interrupt Feeding On Salmon

June 3, 2022/in 02. WILDLIFE, 03. HABITAT, Other

Lower Columbia Navigation Channel: Dredged Material Sites Nearing Capacity, Corps Preparing New Placement Plan To Maintain Channel Until 2044

April 20, 2022/in 03. HABITAT, Other

What Happens To Columbia River Basin Salmon In The Ocean? NOAA Researcher Says Need To Ramp Up Marine Science To Inform Management Decisions

March 17, 2022/in Other

Columbia Basin Collaborative Says Not The Right Time To Consider Dam Breaching, Reintroducing Salmon To Blocked Areas; Wait For Other Forums

December 2, 2021/in Other

White House Nominates Montanan For Director Of U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

October 28, 2021/in Other

Columbia Basin Collaborative Schedules Organizational Workshop To Discuss ‘Proposed Process Approach’; Goal To Create ‘Salmon Ethic’

January 29, 2021/in Other

Climate Warming Driving Starving Gray Whales Into San Francisco Bay Where They Are Hit, Killed By Vessels

USGS Releases New AI Tool Forecasting Droughts, Helps Communities Prepare For Water Shortages

California Current Report: Upwelling Held Warm Waters Offshore In 2025, Juvenile Salmon Flourished In Productive Conditions

Much More Snow Needed: A Warm Winter Has Led To Many Columbia Basin Watersheds Showing Startling Low Snowpacks

Uncharted Conditions: NOAA Scientists Track Another Large Marine Heatwave Off West Coast, Study Impacts To Fisheries

With A Coming Warmer Climate, Less Mountain Snow, UW Researchers Study How Forest Thinning Supports Both Snowpack, Fire Resilience

PFMC Releases Options For 2026 West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Chinook, Coho Forecasts Stable Or Slightly Higher Than Last Year

FERC Releases For Public Comment Draft Supplemental EIS For Hells Canyon Dams, Key Step In Dam Re-Licensing

Reward Offered For Information On Illegally Introduced Pike Into Kalispell Fishing Pond, Can Quickly Wipeout Fish Populations

Study: Human-Induced Climate Change Causing Shift Of North Pacific Storm Track Northward, Leaving A Cooler, Drier Northwest

Alaska Researchers Discover For First Time Invasive Northern Pike Moving Through Salt Water (Estuaries) To Invade Freshwater Habitats

Washington State Issues Draft Strategy To Remove Small-Scale Salmon, Steelhead Passage Barriers, 20,000 Across The State

Big Sockeye Return To Columbia River, Some Endangered Snake River Sockeye Trapped At Lower Granite To Avoid Warming Waters

WDOE Taking Comment On Proposed, First-Of-Its-Kind Pilot Project In Port Angeles To Pull Carbon Pollution Out Of The Air

With Dam Removals Proceeding, CDFW Releases Millions Of Chinook Salmon Smolts Into Klamath River

Seems Like A Lot Of Snowy, Wet Weather, But Columbia Basin Water Supply Likely To Remain Below Normal; 77 Percent At Dalles Dam

With Still Developing El Nino, Contrasting Pattern In North Pacific, NOAA Says Signals Mixed For NW Juvenile Salmon Growth, Survival This Year

Oregon Approves Permit For 290-Mile New Transmission Line From Columbia River To Southwest Idaho; Existing Connections Too Full During Peak Power

Washington Seeks Comment On Draft EIS For Proposed ‘Pumped Storage’ Project Near John Day Dam; Tribal Resources Would Be Impacted

Whale Watching Boaters Fined For Getting Too Close To Puget Sound’s Endangered Killer Whales; Boats Interrupt Feeding On Salmon

Lower Columbia Navigation Channel: Dredged Material Sites Nearing Capacity, Corps Preparing New Placement Plan To Maintain Channel Until 2044

What Happens To Columbia River Basin Salmon In The Ocean? NOAA Researcher Says Need To Ramp Up Marine Science To Inform Management Decisions

Columbia Basin Collaborative Says Not The Right Time To Consider Dam Breaching, Reintroducing Salmon To Blocked Areas; Wait For Other Forums

White House Nominates Montanan For Director Of U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

Columbia Basin Collaborative Schedules Organizational Workshop To Discuss ‘Proposed Process Approach’; Goal To Create ‘Salmon Ethic’

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