Columbia Basin Bulletin https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html With A Poor Spring Chinook Return Coming To An End, Enough Allocated Catch Still Available For More Recreational Fishing Days Lower Snake Walleye Study Shows How Invasive Predator Fish Benefit From Other Invasive Species (Siberian Prawn, Shad) For Food Columbia River Harvest Managers Announce Summer, Fall Recreational Fishing Times, Regs, Limitations For Salmon, Steelhead Deadly Collapse Of Chemical Tank At Longview, WA Shows No Impact On Columbia River Water Quality And Fish, Says WDOE Removing Barriers To Fish Passage: UW Examines Process That Prioritizes Projects, Explores Whether Money Well Spent OSU Study Shows Many AI Users Unaware Of Ecological Footprint, One-Fifth Of World’s Energy Consumption By 2030 Corps Finalizes Plan To Keep Lower Columbia River Deep-Draft Navigation Channel Dredged For 20 Years At 43-Feet Deep, 600-feet Wide USFWS Seeks Public Comment On Draft Recovery Plan For Pacific Marten, Isolated Populations In N. California/Oregon Coast 2026 Proving Deadly For West Coast Whales: Group’s Analysis Shows 51 Whales Already Died, Many From Poor Nutrition, Ship Strikes Columbia River Spring Chinook Return Downgraded But More Fishing Days Allowed Under ESA-Impact Rates home Washington Ecology Seeks Public Comment On Cleanup Of Old Smelter Site Now Slated For Pumped Storage Project Near John Day Dam Klamath River: USGS Researchers Publish First Documentation Of How Rain-On-Wildfire Events Rob Streams Of Oxygen, Kill Aquatic Life  WSU Study Finds High Prevalence Of Hantavirus In Rodent Populations In Parts Of Northwest OSU Study Shows After Klamath Dam Removals Agriculture, Conservation Interests Share Priorities That May Help Future Restoration With Summer And World Cup Crowds Approaching, WDFW Reminding Boaters About New Rules (2025) To Protect Southern Resident Killer Whales Montana Research Shows How Atmospheric Rivers Can Recharge Mountainous Groundwater Levels In Arid West Council Nears Completion Of New Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program With August Spill At Dams A Bone Of Contention NOAA Determines ESA-Listing For Gulf Of Alaska Chinook Not Warranted; Large ‘Overall’ Population Sizes, Low Risk Of Extinction Feds Reduce Court-Ordered Spill At John Day Dam In Effort To Address Salmon Passage Problems; State, Tribal Salmon Managers Disagree With Operation With Two Downgrades Columbia/Snake River 2026 Spring Chinook Return Marginal, Fishing Likely Done For The Year Snow Drought: Warm Winter Results In Water Supply Forecasts For Summer Dropping In Much Of Columbia River Basin Pacific Fishing Effort Mapping Project: A Geographic Grid Covering Waters Off West Coast Consolidates Location, Decades Of Catch Data, Fisheries Revenue  BPA Says Second Quarter Financials Project Net Revenues Falling Short Of End-Of -Year Target, Agency Stresses Continued Uncertainty With Angler Help, Researchers Discover What Salmon Are Eating Year-Round In Salish Sea, Show Differing Diets Based On Region Dam Removals, Habitat Restoration, Past Fishing Closures Lead To First Salmon Fishing In Klamath River Basin In Three Years Study Shows How PNW Forest Restoration (Thinning, Controlled Burns) Can Reduce Conflict With Spotted Owl Conservation Groups Sue USFWS In Effort To Secure ESA-Listing For Pygmy Rabbit; World’s Smallest Rabbit Resides In Oregon, Idaho, Montana WDFW Seeks Public Comment On Recommendation To Keep Streaked Horned Lark On State ESA List California Study: Salmon Becoming ‘River Ghosts’ As Extreme Weather, Less Wetlands Lead To Substantial Juvenile Mortality During Migration Canada Expands Mass-Marking Of Hatchery Chinook Salmon In Southern British Columbia, Going From 40 Percent To 97 Percent Pacific Fishing Effort Mapping Project: A Geographic Grid Covering Waters Off West Coast Consolidates Location, Decades Of Catch Data, Fisheries Revenue  WSU Study Shows How AI Dramatically Speeds Up Tracking Wildlife With Remote Cameras, Data Analysis Time Drops From Months To Days Multiple Restoration Projects In Snake River Basin Connect Salmon, Steelhead To Needed Cold-Water Habitat NOAA Fisheries Announces Up To $99 Million For Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Projects Oregon Lawmakers Seek Reversal Of Administration Actions On Programs Serving Tribal Communities, Cite Trust, Treaty Obligations WDFW Research Shows Fatal White-Nose Syndrome In Bats Continues To Spread, 11 New Counties In 2024 Conservation Groups Settle Lawsuit With WDFW Over Lower Columbia River Hatcheries, Litigation Continues With NOAA, ODFW WDFW Opens Hatchery Steelhead Fishing In Areas Of Upper Columbia For First Time In 9 Years, 2024 Returns Exceed Wild Fish Escapement Goals States Set 2025 Columbia River Sturgeon Retention Seasons; Expect High Effort, Short Seasons Study Finds 56 Percent Of Caspian Tern Colony On Washington State Island Killed By Avian Flu, Some Had Relocated From Columbia River Estuary Return Of Columbia River Smelt ( ESA-Listed 15 Years Ago)This Year Expected To Be Close To 10-Year Average; Limited, Tentative Fishery Announced Washington Intercepts Tugboat At Watercraft Inspection Station Carrying 21 Gallons Of Invasive Mussels, Largest Volume From One Boat In 7 Years Egg-To-Fry Survival Of Chinook Salmon Studied In Several Columbia Basin Rivers, Provides Predictive Models For Researchers Feds Reduce Spill For Juvenile Salmon At Lower Monumental Dam Hoping To Get Stalled Adult Spring Chinook Moving Into Fish Ladders For First Time WDFW Using ‘Management Strategy Evaluation’ To Assess Harvest Strategies For Lower Columbia River Tributary Fisheries 2025 Columbia/Snake River Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Opens, Last Year’s Top Angler Earned $164,260 New WDFW Study Shows Links Between Changing Ocean Conditions, Declining Survival Of Coastal Winter Steelhead Will Marbled Murrelet Go Extinct In Washington? WDFW Seeks Comment On Draft Status Review Chemical Cocktail: Juvenile Chinook Salmon In Lower Fraser River Feeding, Growing In Slurry Of Contaminants, Key Prey For Killer Whales