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By Associated Press The Oregonian GRANTS PASS — A federal report says removing four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California and restoring ecosystems will produce a big increase in salmon harvests and boost farm…
By Allen Thomas The Columbian A spring chinook run of 141,400 — the poorest in six years — is forecast to enter the Columbia River destined for upstream of Bonneville Dam. “This is awful,” said Larry Snyder, president…
Associated Press Wentache World PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Bonneville Power Administration is proposing to hold down spending on wildlife programs, even as it faces court requirements to show progress in fish restoration. The agency says it’s a…
By Rich Landers Spokesman Review Two major Bonneville Power Administration projects are tending to the welfare of Kootenai River fisheries, which have been starved for more than attention since Libby Dam went online in 1972. The success of the…
By Staff Hydro World Conservation efforts in the Pacific Northwest are paying off as record numbers of sockeye salmon are returning to the Columbia River. So far this year, nearly 300,000 Okanagan sockeye salmon have swum up the…
By Northwest News Network Federal regulators have granted a short extension to complete the removal of Condit Dam on southwest Washington’s White Salmon River. Originally, demolition crews were supposed to be done with the nearly year-long project by…
By Allen Thomas The Columbian RUFUS, Ore. — Rick Farris cast the 3-ounce cannonball sinker and pearl Gitzit tube off the John Day Dam powerhouse into the roiling waters of the Columbia River. He bounced the offering almost…
By Mike Faulk Yakima Herald-Republic PASCO — Using his hometown soapbox to hammer away at those who would remove hydropower dams, U.S. Rep. Doc Hasting on Wednesday gaveled a congressional committee to order on legislation that would dramatically…
By Bill Sheets The Herald EVERETT, Wash. —When an initiative was proposed six years ago to require large utilities to provide energy from renewable sources, supporters said it would do more than just help the environment. It would…
By Scott Learn Oregonian A U.S. district judge has rejected the Humane Society of the United States’ request for an injunction that would immediately stop killing of California sea lions that eat salmon near Bonneville Dam. Judge Michael…