Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 23, 2018: Joining forces: Greenbelt Land Trust adds two properties, teams with other conservation groups.
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 22, 2018: Federal program pays $1.4 million to pikeminnow anglers. Columbia and Snake rivers brought in 180,000 fish.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Dec. 21, 2018: Council receives proposed amendments to basin fish and wildlife program, comments due Feb. 4.
Missoula, Mont., Dec. 20, 2018: Northwest dams agree to spill more water to help salmon, orcas survive.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Dec. 14, 2018: Removing diversion dam in Washington brings back mid-Columbia steelhead to 20 miles new habitat.
Northwest Treaty Tribes, Dec. 13, 2018: Treaty tribes leverage almost $2 million to restore salmon habitat and create jobs.
The Fishing Wire, Dec. 11, 2018: Central Washington fosters steelhead resurgence. Federal agencies focus efforts to boost Middle Columbia steelhead toward recovery.
NW Fishletter, Wash., Calif., Dec. 3, 2018: Chum are spawning, despite low precipitation.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Nov. 30, 2018: Council updated on final BPA fish/wildlife project expenses for FY18, Accords, future cuts.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Nov. 20, 2018: Four-year, $48 million MOA between Kootenai Tribe, BPA out for review.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Nov. 20, 2018: Council committee recommends $11.6 million to continue BPA funding for 25 research projects.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19, 2018: The Orca Task Force finally has a plan. Will it work? With time running out, the group rpresents a 30-page document meant to bring Washington's endangered orcas back from the brink.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 12, 2018: Invasive predator alarmingly close to critical salmon habitat on Columbia River.
Kittitas and Yakima counties, Wash., Nov. 8, 2018: Helicoptering logs in Yakima Valley for the Northwest's largest river restoration.
Phys.org, Nov. 8, 2018: Learning from gorillas to save killer whales. Wildlife veterinarians from UC Davis' SeaDoc society and partnering organizations are taking an individualized-care approach with the ailing orcas. The work is a U.S.-Canadian effort with many contributing organizations, including NOAA Fisheries.
The Fishing Wire, Nov. 7, 2018: Some juvenile salmon survived well, others didn't under new spill regime in Columbia Basin.
Long Beach, Wash., Nov. 6, 2018: Trump moves up deadline for dam-removal analysis to 2020.
NW FishLetter, Wash., Calif., Nov. 5, 2018: BPA signs record of decision on Fish Accords that commits $448 million in project spending.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 4, 2018: Columbia River flow boosted to aid returning chum salmon. Federal agencies are increasing flows below Bonneville Dam to ensure the redds of spawning chum salmon stay covered with water.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Nov. 2, 2018: ESA-listed chum salmon arrive early below Bonneville Dam; flow operations begin to protect spawning.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore, Nov. 2, 2018: WDFW uses drone to collect habitat restoration data in lower Columbia River.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 1, 2018: Springwater Corridor reopens after long closure for salmon project.
Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2018: Springwater Corridor over "salmon subway" open ahead of schedule.
Prineville, Ore., Oct. 29, 2018: Bureau of Reclamation reduces Bowman Dam winter flows. Decision made to maintain better reservoir levels and releases for fish habitat in the Crooked River.
LaGrande, Ore., Oct. 24, 2018: Coho salmon come home to Lostine River after 40-year absence. Two fish return, with perhaps thousands close behind.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Oct. 12, 2018: Wood Fiesta: Yakama Nation salmon habitat project transports by helicopter logs to streams.
Bend, Ore., Oct. 12, 2018: Columbia River Fish Accords extended up to 4 years. BPA, states, tribes and two other federal agencies continue to work together for good of endangered salmon, steelhead.
NW Fishletter, Wash., Calif., Oct. 2, 2018: Columbia Basin hatcheries gear up for 3 million more smolts.
NW Fishletter, Wash., Calif, Oct. 2, 2018: Experts examine Snake River temperatures to help fish.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 29, 2018: 5,000 logs will be dropped into Yakima River tributaries to enhance ecosystem. The "Wood Fiesta" will airlift the logs to river tributaries.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Sept. 28, 2018: Bureau awards $76 million for juvenile fish passage facilities at Cle Elum Dam in upper Yakima Basin.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Sept. 28, 2018: Yakama Nation, Chelan PUD agree to 15-year, $9.7 million program for mid-Columbia coho reintroduction.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Sept. 28, 2018: NOAA Fisheries says updated management blueprint for Blue Mountains prioritizes habitat restoration.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 28, 2018: New Oaks Bottom culvert installed; remediation begins.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 9, 2018: Closing a highway to save salmon. Fish-blocking pipes replaced to restore flows to Swauk Creek in the Wenatchee-Okanogan National Forest.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 22, 2018. Restoration project underway to bring salmon back to Oaks Bottom in SE Portland.
Yakima, Wash., Aug. 20, 2018. Yakima "flip-flop" operations underway for Chinook salmon spawning.
Columbia County, Ore. Aug. 11, 2018. Restoration work on Sauvie Island continues. A new bridge is part of work to improve connectivity of Sturgeon Lake.
Columbia Basin Bulletin, Wash., Ore., Aug. 10, 2018: Construction expected to begin soon on new Walla Walla hatchery to produce 500,000 salmon smolts.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 3, 2018: Oaks Bottom Lagoon rehab underway.
Kennewick, Wash., May 7, 2018: Clover Island is getting a $4 million rocky shoreline makeover. Port of Kennewick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restore shoreline to support migrating salmon.
NW Fishletter, Wash., Calif., May 7, 2018: Regional task force closes in on fish population and recovery goals.
Olympia, Wash., May 1, 2018: Thurston County wins "best environmentally" award for Beaver Creek bridge work.
John Day, Ore., april 19, 2018: Tribal fish restoration work highlighted. Awarded $4.9 million in federal money.
Columbia County, Ore., March 30, 2018: Restoration of South Scapoose Creek in the works. Ambitious project seeks to undo more than a century of encroachment.
Kennewick, Wash., Feb. 17, 2018: Opinion: Washington's dams balance clean energy needs, fish protections.
John Day, Ore., Feb. 6, 2018: Conserving water and soil, protecting habitat. Soil & Water Conservation District outlines projects.
West Linn, Ore., Jan. 14, 2018: Survey says: Healthy watershed. Recent survey of coastal cutthroat trout in Tryon Creek indicates healthy habitat for salmonids.
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