The Elwha River transformed already
By Linda Mapes The Seattle Times Have you looked at the web cams on the Elwha River lately? Have a look at this: the Elwha River, without the powerhouse, surge tank or transmission lines. The remake of the…
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Forecast down for Columbia spring chinook
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…
BPA tries to hold the line on wildlife spending
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…
Feeding the river
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…
Research indicates record salmon returns in Columbia River basin
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…
State says Rocky Reach Dam upgrades count as renewable energy
By Christine Pratt Wenatchee World WENATCHEE — The Chelan County PUD last month received an extra assurance that it won’t have to buy wind or solar power only to comply with new state targets for renewable energy, or…
Demolition Of Washington’s Condit Dam Nearing Completion
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…
Pikeminnow pursuit
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…
Federal power turned Northwest’s ‘darkness to dawn’
By Rocky Barker Idaho Statesman Few projects carried the hope and hubris of the New Deal more than the Bonneville Power Act. Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the law creating the Bonneville Power Administration 75 years ago tomorrow. His…
Hearing on Hastings’ bill points up divide between fish, hydropower forces
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…