Columbia Basin Bulletin https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Draft Report On Future Water Supply Says Columbia Basin Groundwater Levels, Including Deep Aquifers, At Risk Of Decline; Prepare For Less Water In 2040s Tribes Warn ‘Run Sizes Not Large Enough To Support Treaty Rights’ As Harvest Managers Set Fall Chinook Fishing Dates Washington U.S. Rep. Introduces Bill To Expand Lethal Sea Lion Removal In Columbia River To Protect Salmon NOAA’s West Coast Gray Whale Estimate Shows Increase, Raises Questions About Assumptions, Methods For Population Estimates Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Rule Change On Habitat Destruction Under ESA Bear Butter: Study Maps Important Insect Habitat (Army Cutworm Moths) Drawing Grizzlies To High Mountain Peaks UM Flathead Lake Biological Station Detects ‘Forever Chemicals’ At All Sampling Stations In Flathead Watershed USFWs Says Protections May Be Warranted For Cascade Red Fox, Three Fish In Goose Lake (OR-CA Border) New Idaho State Record For Northern Pike Caught In Lake Pend Oreille Want To Get Paid To Fish? Go Chase Walleye, Lake Trout On Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille As Part Of Angler Incentive Program States, Tribes Release Columbia River Basin Salmon Stock Status Report; 2026 Fall Chinook, Coho Return Forecasted Lower Than Last Year Montana Wolf Numbers Decline, Harvest Quota Proposed At 250, Down From 450 Last Year Angler Lands New State Catch-Release Record For Lake Trout At Idaho’s Payette Lake: 43.25-Inch Fish NOAA Allocates $123 Million In Fishery Disaster Funds To Alaska, Oregon, California, Squaxin Island Tribe Single, Dead Invasive Quagga Mussel Found On Oregon Reservoir Shoreline, Monitoring Continues El Nino Joins West Coast Marine Heatwave: NOAA Describes 7 Ways Prolonged High Temperatures Impact Fisheries, Marine Life British Columbia Research Documents For First Time Bacterial Disease (Skin, Fin Ulcers) Killing Wild Chinook Salmon; Well-Known In Farmed Salmon NW Power/Conservation Council Approves New Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program, States Split On Summer Spill For Salmon Columbia Basin Bulletin Membership Job Postings Long-Term Data Shows Puget Sound’s Southern Resident Killer Whales Spending Less Time In Inland Waters, Bigg’s Whales Increasing Quiet In The Hatchery! WSU Study Shows Hatchery Salmon Raised Amid Noise Less Likely To Return Than Those Raised With Noise Protection Corps Finalizes Operations for Willamette Valley Dams To Aid Salmon, Steelhead; Drawdowns, Spill New Montana Study Uses Otoliths To Better Understand Which Streams In Swan Lake Basin Most Important For Bull Trout Recovery Science Panel Reviews Progress Of BPA-Funded ‘Aquatic Restoration Partnership’ In John Day River Basin This Month in 2006 | CONGRESSIONAL HEARING FOCUSES ON POWER RATES, FISH COSTS This Month in 2016 | As Many As 45 Percent Of Tagged Spring Chinook In Estuary Disappear Before Reaching Bonneville Dam This Month in 2021 | Find Invasive Species In Early Stages: E-DNA Being Used To Successfully Detect Unknown Incursions This Month in 2021 | FRIDAY (July 2 )UPDATE: Hydro/Fisheries Managers Initiate More Changes At Lower Snake Dams To Cool Water, Aid Endangered Sockeye This Month in 2016 | Basin Water Managers Expecting Slightly Below Average Runoff From Now To September This Month in 2006 | AGREEMENT CALLS FOR STUDY OF UPPER COLUMBIA CONTAMINATION Substantial Downgrade Of Forecasted Columbia River Sockeye Run; Managers Tracking Progress Of ESA Snake River Sockeye Crossing Dams This Month in 2021 | High Temps Force Salmon Managers To Begin Sockeye Trap And Haul Next Week At Lower Granite Dam This Month in 2016 | After Nearly 100 Years, Salmon Fishing Returns To Upper Malheur River For Burns Paiute Tribe NOAA Study Cites Recent Marine Heatwaves As Major Factor In Severe Decline Of Yukon River Chinook Salmon Runs This Month in 2006 | . BPA RELEASES PROPOSAL ON SELLING LOW-COST POWER AFTER 2011 Mainstem Columbia River Water Supply Forecast (Dalles Dam) Now At 88 Percent Of Normal, But Dire Conditions Showing For Many Tributaries Study Show Beavers Widespread In Pacific Northwest Estuaries, Tidal Wetlands, May Provide Important Habitat For Salmon With Drought, Summer Heat Anglers In Idaho Can Expect To Lose Some Fishing Opportunities Oregon’s Record-Breaking Low Snowpack, Drought, Bring Impacts To Cold-Water Fish, Angling Regulations Though Columbia River Treaty On Pause, Additional Flow At McNary Dam With Canadian Water Comes With Supplemental Agreement Salmon Super Highway: Oregon Coast Coho Showing Improved Numbers With Restoration Of Fish Passage On Coastal Rivers, Streams Research Project In Japan Develops World’s First Land-Based, Closed-Recirculation Aquaculture System For Chum Salmon Travis Kavulla Sworn In As 17th Administrator of Bonneville Power Administration Federal Data Shows West Coast Whale Entanglements Still High In 2025; 33 Whales, 9 So Far In 2026 This Month in 2021 | WSU Study Shows Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Reservoirs Higher Than Previously Thought ODFW Says BPA Terminating Funding For Key Hatchery Program, Major Consequences For Commercial, Recreational Fisheries This Month in 2016 | As Spring Chinook Fishing Ends, Harvest Managers Set Summer Chinook Season This Month in 2006 | $32 MILLION PROJECT TO REDUCE DISSOLVED GAS AT CHIEF JOE DAM home