Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
The Foundation for Water and Energy Education (FWEE) has launched a new web site with a simple mission: give teachers, students, opinion leaders, and the public balanced, reliable information about the use of hydropower in the Northwest. Visit…
In March 2018, Washington State Governor Inslee established the Southern Resident Orca Task Force to identify, prioritize and support implementation of a long-term recovery plan. This was in response to the continued decline of these whales, including the…
By Eric Barker Spokesman Review Drawing down Lower Granite Reservoir during summer heatwaves could be an effective tool to help sockeye salmon and other protected fish by mitigating high water temperatures, according to analysis performed by the Portland-based…
By Staff Reporter Columbia Basin Bulletin Results of survival tests for young salmon and steelhead that migrate to the ocean through six Federal Columbia River Power System dams all generally exceeded the survival requirements of NOAA Fisheries’ 2008…
By Staff Reporter Columbia Basin Bulletin The federal judge presiding over the rewriting of the recovery plan for thirteen species of Columbia River salmon and steelhead says a thorough National Environmental Policy Act review is more important than…
By Kate Prengaman Yakima Herald Dam operators across the Columbia River Basin are not doing enough to protect endangered bull trout, according to allegations in a federal lawsuit filed this week. Two Bureau of Reclamation facilities on the…
By Kelly House Oregonian A federal judge has ruled for the fourth time that the U.S. government’s plan to recover salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River basin fails to address the federal hydropower dams’ effect on fish….
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review The Spokane Tribe of Indians has received $200,000 to study whether salmon would thrive above Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council approved the funding last week for…
By Al Thomas The Columbian PacifiCorp’s federal license to operate Merwin, Yale and Swift hydroelectric dams on the North Fork of the Lewis River calls for the utility to have a downstream fish passage facility at Yale Dam…
By Tammy Ayer Yakima Herald Pacific lamprey, an ancient native fish with notable cultural and ecological significance, have returned to the White Salmon River above the former site of Condit Dam. The fact that the lamprey have been…