EPA Report Suggests Rivers Aren’t for Salmon
No, this is not fake news. It’s hard to cool river water heated to temperatures that kill salmon. So the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested …
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EPA Releases Blinding Glimpse Of The Obvious
An Environmental Protection Agency report provides details about how the federal government dams in the Snake and Columbia river system raise summer water temperatures, hurting …
Power Shift on the Columbia
Jin Norton knows a thing or two about the relationship between Columbia River salmon and dams. Norton has been a professional river guide and naturalist …
Wild salmon likely doomed by more talk
A guest column by Pete Soverel and David Moskowitz of The Conservation Angler. regarding the latest round of kicking the can down the road on …
Salmon Returns In Columbia Could Be Near-Record Low
Those dam ocean conditions. Look on the bright side, it’s not quite as bad as last year. Anglers can expect another poor year for spring …
Resilient Waters – A 5 Rivers Odyssey Story
Resilient Waters covers the story of four passionate college anglers as they traveled the Columbia River basin during the summer of 2019. Follow the journey …
Appeals Court Orders More Action To Protect Salmon, Steelhead In Columbia Basin
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency must do more to protect Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead from dangerously warm river …
Tribal leaders Call for Removal of Three Lower Columbia River Dams
The Yakama and Lummi nations have called for the removal of three main stem dams on the Columbia to restore salmon runs once the mightiest …
How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’
“The Columbia River was once the most productive wild Chinook habitat in the world,” said Russ Thurow, a fisheries research scientist with the Forest Service’s …
The Pike Problem
Lurking, and apparently thriving, under the quiet, shallow shoreline waters of Lake Roosevelt in Northeastern Washington is an aggressive, invasive predator that has the potential …