Canadian Researchers Say Urban Rain Gardens Could Reduce Toxic Chemical From Tires Killing Salmon
June 29th, 2023
Specially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a salmon-killing toxic chemical associated with tires entering our waterways by more than 90 per cent, new research shows.
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Group To Sue Oregon, California Transportation Agencies For Failing To Consider Fatal Impacts To Salmon From Tire Chemical
June 16th, 2023
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of its intent to sue the Oregon and California state transportation agencies for failing to consider fatal impacts to salmon from toxic tire pollution.
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Columbia Basin Snowpack, Water Supply Take A Hit With May’s Warm, Dry Weather; Not Much Relief Expected For June
June 8th, 2023
Record average temperatures across the Columbia River basin, with little to no rain in the western and northern areas of the basin in May, are leaving the region dry with a smaller snowpack than average and declining water supply at the beginning of June.
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Alaskan, Russian Scientists Collaborate To Study How Ocean Warming Driving Bering Sea Fish Stocks Beyond Traditional Habitats
June 8th, 2023
As the ocean warms, marine fish are on the move—beyond their traditional habitats and across international boundaries. Understanding these patterns of movement is essential to predicting change and managing climate-resilient fisheries.
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Citing Washington DOE’s Failure To Protect Fish, EPA Takes Over Setting Water Quality Standards For Toxic Pollutants
June 1st, 2023
A federal government agency will set water quality standards for nine toxic pollutants in Washington, effectively taking over the job generally relegated to the state’s Department of Ecology, even though Ecology is in the rulemaking process to set the standards.
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Yakama Nation Reintroduction Programs Bringing Once Extinct Coho Salmon Back To Upper Columbia River Tributaries
May 26th, 2023
Once extirpated, coho salmon are making a rebound in two upper Columbia River tributaries. It’s taken nearly 25 years, but the year 2021 saw a record run in the Wenatchee and Methow rivers, a result of reintroduction work in the two basins by the Yakama Nation to bring the salmon back.
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Washington DOE Issues Clean Water Certification For Pumped Storage Project At John Day Dam; Many More Approvals Needed
May 25th, 2023
The Washington Department of Ecology has issued a Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification for the proposed Goldendale Energy Storage Project.
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Conservation Groups Petition For ESA Listing Of Washington Coastal Spring Chinook Showing Significant Declines
May 24th, 2023
The Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Rivers have filed a petition to list Washington coast spring Chinook salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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Basin Water Supply Forecasts Rising, 93 Percent Of Normal At Dalles Dam; Low Canada Snowpack Impacting Flows
May 10th, 2023
Water supply prospects in the Columbia/Snake river basin for summer are improving, although not consistently so throughout the basin. While supplies forecasted in May from the Snake River are generally above normal, the upper Columbia River in Canada is providing less water than normal.