Columbia Basin Bulletin https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html People Try To Protect Species When It’s Too Late:’ Oregon Researchers Develop AI Tool To Identify Threats To Fish Before They Become Endangered home Genetic Exchange: Female Grizzly Captured In Montana, Translocated To Wyoming Emerges From Den With Two Cubs USFWS Approves Oregon’s Wildlife Action Plan, Stronger Focus On Climate Change, Invasive Species; Eligible For Federal Funding WDFW Completes Western Butterfly Conservation Plan Aimed At Boosting Startling Low Population Numbers Ocean Conditions Off Washington Coastline Key Influence In Columbia River Salmon, Steelhead Mortality; More Ocean Research Funding Needed Lower Columbia River Spring Chinook Fishing Update: One More Fishing Day Added As Managers Balance Catch Rates With Protecting Upriver ESA Fish Climate Warming Driving Starving Gray Whales Into San Francisco Bay Where They Are Hit, Killed By Vessels Yakima River Basin Salmon Recovery: Removing Earthen Berm In River Delta Improves Access To Hundreds Of Miles Of Spawning Habitat Invasive, Destructive Golden Mussels Found On Boat Entering Oregon, Prompting Washington To Undertake Emergency Rule PFMC Finalizes 2026 Recreational, Commercial Ocean Salmon Fishing Seasons For California, Oregon, Washington Corps Taking Interim Measures At Willamette Valley Dam Due To Risks Associated With Major Earthquake From Cascadia Subduction Zone Melt Seasons And Net Loss Of Ice: Study Shows How Alaska’s Glaciers Melt Additional Three Weeks With Every 1.8 Degree F Increase White-Nose Syndrome Found In Bats For First Time In Oregon, Idaho; Have Critical Ecological, Economic Role In Controlling Insect Populations Oregon Finds First Boat In 2026 With Invasive Quagga Mussels, Transported From Lake Havasu Q&A: NOAA Researcher Discusses Why Future Of Imperiled, Isolated Southern Resident Killer Whales May Depend On Interactions With Other Populations 2025 Sea Lion Predation At Bonneville Dam: 3.6 Percent Of Spring Chinook, 5.5 Percent Of Steelhead, Sturgeon Consumption ‘Demands Attention’ Federal Agencies Seek Appeal At Ninth Circuit Of Preliminary Injunction Directing Columbia/Snake River Operations For ESA-Listed Salmon Northwest Power/Conservation Council To Craft, Push For Legislation To Improve Columbia River Sea Lion Salmon Predation Management Group Launches Lawsuit Against BLM/USFWS To Protect ESA-Listed Seabirds From Oregon Logging Project New UW Study Finds Parasitic Tapeworm In One-Third Of Coyotes Surveyed In Washington, Can Be Passed To Domestic Dogs, Humans Scientists Link New California Population Of Invasive, Destructive South American Rodent (Nutria) To A Re-Introduction From Central Oregon USGS Releases New AI Tool Forecasting Droughts, Helps Communities Prepare For Water Shortages UBC Research: Summers Expanding 50 Percent Faster Than Thought, Quicker Transitions Between Seasons Wildfires, Winter Rainstorms In PNW Accelerating Winter Snowmelt, Less Mountain Snow Available As Water Storage During Summer Over 100 Habitat Restoration Projects For Salmon Yielding Big Results On Central California Coast, Record 30,000 Endangered Coho Return Though Good In North Part Of Columbia Basin, Snowpack Has Disappeared In Some Areas To The South; Summer Streamflows In Jeopardy About the Columbia Basin Bulletin Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Member Login MailPoet Page MailPoet Page Warming Climate In PNW Making Avalanche Forecasting Difficult, Cooler Inland Areas Seeing More Rain-On-Snow Crust Layers Tire Pollution Under Scrutiny: New Canadian Study Shows How Artificial Turf Using Crumb Rubber Can Kill Salmon For Years California Current Report: Upwelling Held Warm Waters Offshore In 2025, Juvenile Salmon Flourished In Productive Conditions Alaska Study Details How Rising Temperatures Lead To Hungrier Invasive Northern Pike In Salmon Streams Lawsuit Launched Against USFWS Over ESA Protection For Western Ridged Mussel, Lives In Columbia/Snake River Basin Streams Habitat Compression: West Coast Cool Corridor For Marine Life Attracts Both Humpback Whales, Fisheries To Same Productive Waters Lake Pend Oreille Angler Science Program Produces Data Helping IDFG Track Health Of Trophy Rainbow Trout Fishery Columbia Riverkeeper Issues Report On Power/Water Use For Developing Data Centers Along Columbia River, Calls For Moratorium Scavenger Study: Researchers Find Ravens In Yellowstone Don’t Follow Wolves But Instead Remember Common Kill Sites footer California’s Wildlife Conservation Board Approves $59.6 Million For Salmon Recovery, Biodiversity Projects Much More Snow Needed: A Warm Winter Has Led To Many Columbia Basin Watersheds Showing Startling Low Snowpacks Bureau Of Rec Launches Prize Challenge For Identifying Innovative Solution To Prevent Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species Corps Opens Public Comment On Proposed Renewable Diesel Refinery In Columbia River Estuary; Could Produce 1.4 Billion Gallons Per Year Uncharted Conditions: NOAA Scientists Track Another Large Marine Heatwave Off West Coast, Study Impacts To Fisheries ‘Judicial Overreach Must Stop’: Agencies Ask Appeals Court To Throw Out Injunction Guiding Spill For Salmon At Columbia/Snake Dams Columbia Basin Bulletin Membership