New Columbia River Protections Under EPA Permits
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop oil and other toxic chemical discharges into the Columbia River in Washington and …
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Cormorant relocation not working out as planned
A comedy of errors, including the typo in the headline. Forcing a fish-eating bird colony off East Sand Island near Chinook to protect migrating young …
Biden administration, tribes talk salmon, steelhead recovery
The Biden administration reiterated its determination to change course on the decades-long, $17 billion effort to recover wild salmon in the Snake and Columbia rivers …
State seeks input on steelhead management in Columbia Basin
Returns of summer steelhead to areas above Bonneville Dam hit a record low in 2021, closing the Deschutes River to steelhead fishing for the first …
2022 Salmon and Steelhead Seasons – Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers
Fisheries managers review the 2022 forecasts and upcoming seasons for Salmon and Steelhead in the Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers.
PNW could become ‘Shad Nation’ not ‘Salmon Nation’
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council says that non-native shad are now the predominant ocean-migrating fish of the Columbia River Basin, with its numbers dwarfing those …
Infrastructure bill would let Bonneville Power borrow $10 billion
Environmental groups say the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will allow the cash-strapped Bonneville Power Administration to borrow an extra $10 billion will perpetuate a …
Federal regulators to limit hot water in Snake, Columbia rivers
Starting next spring federal regulators starting will require dam operators to limit hot water pollution caused by the four Lower Snake River dams. The EPA’s …
What Path Are We Going to Take?
Rich Simms co-founder and WSC Board Member on the dismal state of affairs of steelhead returns in the Columbia system. In the meantime, thinking …
Record-low steelhead returns on Columbia River prompt call for fishing shutdown
Situation critical on the Columbia. The number of steelhead returning from the Pacific Ocean to the river this year is the lowest ever recorded. As …