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By George Plaven Seattle Times PENDLETON, Ore. — The Columbia Basin’s 2015 salmon season is the second-strongest year since the federal dams were built nearly 80 years ago. A record number of fall chinook salmon returned up the…
By Staff Tri City Herald A new visitor center called The Power of the Columbia River will open Dec. 1 at the Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River about seven miles south of the Vantage Bridge at Interstate…
By Christian Hill The Register-Guard The Eugene Water & Electric Board voted unanimously Monday to commit up to $750,000 toward the restoration and future management of 260 forested acres along both sides of the McKenzie River that a…
By Steve Wright and Matthew Rooney Spokesman Review The Columbia River Treaty has been one of the most successful international agreements ever, partly due to the leading role played by regional entities on both sides of the border…
By Staff Spokesman Review YAKIMA, Wash. – Plans for a proposed $2.5 billion reservoir system to generate power south of Goldendale have found an unlikely partner: a Chinese hydropower company. The project is billed as a large-scale energy storage…
By Staff Herald and News The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a draft plan Monday for recovering threatened Snake River fall chinook salmon – fish that have to pass eight Columbia and Snake River dams to reach…
By Associated Press Seattle Post Intelligencer HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Helena Valley Irrigation District is looking to retrofit its existing pump plant at Canyon Ferry Dam to produce hydropower. Read more