Columbia Basin Bulletin https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html With A Coming Warmer Climate, Less Mountain Snow, UW Researchers Study How Forest Thinning Supports Both Snowpack, Fire Resilience home PFMC Releases Options For 2026 West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Chinook, Coho Forecasts Stable Or Slightly Higher Than Last Year About the Columbia Basin Bulletin Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Member Login Judicial Overreach Must Stop’: Agencies Ask Appeals Court To Throw Out Injunction Guiding Spill For Salmon At Columbia/Snake Dams Though Good In North Part Of Columbia Basin, Snowpack Has Disappeared In Some Areas To The South; Summer Streamflows In Jeopardy Wildfires, Winter Rainstorms In PNW Accelerating Winter Snowmelt, Less Mountain Snow Available As Water Storage During Summer UBC Research: Summers Expanding 50 Percent Faster Than Thought, Quicker Transitions Between Seasons Over 100 Habitat Restoration Projects For Salmon Yielding Big Results On Central California Coast, Record 30,000 Endangered Coho Return USGS Releases New AI Tool Forecasting Droughts, Helps Communities Prepare For Water Shortages Scientists Link New California Population Of Invasive, Destructive South American Rodent (Nutria) To A Re-Introduction From Central Oregon New UW Study Finds Parasitic Tapeworm In One-Third Of Coyotes Surveyed In Washington, Can Be Passed To Domestic Dogs, Humans Northwest Power/Conservation Council To Craft, Push For Legislation To Improve Columbia River Sea Lion Salmon Predation Management Federal Agencies Seek Appeal At Ninth Circuit Of Preliminary Injunction Directing Columbia/Snake River Operations For ESA-Listed Salmon 2025 Sea Lion Predation At Bonneville Dam: 3.6 Percent Of Spring Chinook, 5.5 Percent Of Steelhead, Sturgeon Consumption ‘Demands Attention’ Q&A: NOAA Researcher Discusses Why Future Of Imperiled, Isolated Southern Resident Killer Whales May Depend On Interactions With Other Populations MailPoet Page MailPoet Page Group Launches Lawsuit Against BLM/USFWS To Protect ESA-Listed Seabirds From Oregon Logging Project Oregon Finds First Boat In 2026 With Invasive Quagga Mussels, Transported From Lake Havasu Tire Pollution Under Scrutiny: New Canadian Study Shows How Artificial Turf Using Crumb Rubber Can Kill Salmon For Years Alaska Study Details How Rising Temperatures Lead To Hungrier Invasive Northern Pike In Salmon Streams Corps Opens Public Comment On Proposed Renewable Diesel Refinery In Columbia River Estuary; Could Produce 1.4 Billion Gallons Per Year 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 footer 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 White-Nose Syndrome Found In Bats For First Time In Oregon, Idaho; Have Critical Ecological, Economic Role In Controlling Insect Populations Melt Seasons And Net Loss Of Ice: Study Shows How Alaska’s Glaciers Melt Additional Three Weeks With Every 1.8 Degree F Increase California Current Report: Upwelling Held Warm Waters Offshore In 2025, Juvenile Salmon Flourished In Productive Conditions 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 Uncharted Conditions: NOAA Scientists Track Another Large Marine Heatwave Off West Coast, Study Impacts To Fisheries People Try To Protect Species When It’s Too Late:’ Oregon Researchers Develop AI Tool To Identify Threats To Fish Before They Become Endangered A $1 Million Federal Fish Passage Investment Could Lead To Opening Of 100 Miles Of Habitat For Salmon, Steelhead In NE Oregon Scavenger Study: Researchers Find Ravens In Yellowstone Don’t Follow Wolves But Instead Remember Common Kill Sites Corps Taking Interim Measures At Willamette Valley Dam Due To Risks Associated With Major Earthquake From Cascadia Subduction Zone Warming Climate In PNW Making Avalanche Forecasting Difficult, Cooler Inland Areas Seeing More Rain-On-Snow Crust Layers ’Dire Situation These Species Are Facing:’ Court Oks Partial Approval Of Injunction For Columbia/Snake River Dam/Salmon Protection Operations NOAA Says Washington Coast Chinook Salmon Population Shows ‘High Overall Abundance,’ Denies Request For ESA Listing New Research Shows Killer Whales In Alaska Have Diverse Diet Beyond Chinook Salmon, Includes Halibut, Flounder, Sablefish Harvest Managers Set Recreational Spring Chinook Fishing Days On Columbia River, Run Forecast Slightly Less Than 2025 Return Corps Says Dredging Projects At Columbia River Ports To Accommodate Large, Ocean-Going Ships Will Have No Adverse Impacts On Fish, Wildlife Corps’ ‘Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork’ Initiative Aimed At Cutting Red Tape, Says Won’t Change Public Processes, NEPA, ESA Though Petition Denied, ODFW Working With NOAA On Conservation Plan To Reduce Whale Entanglements In Crab Fishery