The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Columbia River is at a crossroads. Negotiations between the U.S. and Canada over the river’s benefits are stalled. Thirteen runs of salmon and steelhead are threatened with ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. —The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration ...

Federal agencies will take a new look at the findings of a four-year, $55 million federal study completed in 2020 that rejected calls to tear down the four lower Snake River dams. A coalition of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two federal agencies have announced plans to update an environmental study on the Columbia and Snake River dams — a move lauded by environmental advocates who say the ...

Upper Columbia River coho and Snake River coho. The report explained how early mitigation efforts for the impacts of dams that severed salmon and steelhead from their historic habitat were ...

At the beginning of 2025, a new tragedy struck the Pacific Northwest’s endangered Southern Resident orca population. Tahlequah, a mother orca known scientifically as J35, made national headlines for c ...

After dropping to historic levels last year due to ongoing drought and high temperatures, hydropower generated in the ...

Four hydroelectric dams on the Snake River in Eastern Washington are proposed to be removed or breached to improve salmon runs. Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association The agencies will ...