Officials fall short of salmon return goals in Columbia River Basin but see signs of progress
Officials are still not close to reaching their goal of returning at least 5 million salmon and steelhead to the Columbia ...
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Cowlitz Indian Tribe champions holistic, gender-affirming care rooted in tradition
The Cowlitz are working to maintain their traditional values for their Two-Spirit relatives by protecting and providing gender-affirming care for their gender-diverse citizens through the tribe ...
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Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks A giant ...
The Olympian14d
New Trump administration could bring shift in approach to Snake River dam breaching
The change from the Biden to the Trump administration is primed to alter the trajectory of salmon recovery in the Snake and Columbia river basins. The effort to save the threatened and endangered ...
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‘Bomb cyclone’ will bring rain, winds and big waves to the Oregon coast
A “bomb cyclone“ is coming for the beach, which will also affect the Lower Columbia and Cowlitz River valleys. “We have a very strong area of low pressure that’s expected to develop over ...
The Hill9d
Washington state bolsters support for salmon recovery in Columbia Basin
In an executive order signed this week, Inslee asked state officials and organizations to strengthen their work on restoring the Columbia River Basin’s salmon population, advance science-based ...
Idaho Statesman18d
Trump’s election win could create big swing in Northwest’s debate about salmon, dams
Male coho salmon hang out in Lapwai Creek as they wait for females to spawn with. About 18,300 adult coho returning from the Pacific Ocean have passed Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River west of ...
The Vancouver Sun26d
'A special moment': Water again flowing at Red Slough on the Pitt River, fresh hope for salmon
An important salmon habitat in the Upper Pitt River that had become choked by logging road construction a century ago is once again flush with freshwater. The Katzie First Nation and the B.C ...
The Columbian24d
Clark County’s deal with Cowlitz tribe requires Tri-Mountain Golf Course to stay a public course after sale
Clark County is moving forward with selling its Tri-Mountain Golf Course to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. The council was briefed on the progress of the sale at its Nov. 13 meeting. Michelle Schuster ...
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Salmon return to lay eggs in historic Klamath River habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
“Our salmon are coming home. Klamath Basin tribes fought for decades to make this day a reality because our future generations deserve to inherit a healthier river from the headwaters to the sea.
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Site of massive B.C. river landslide remains unstable, effects on salmon not yet clear
(Government of British Columbia) A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River in late July says there have been ...
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Small fish size linked to poorer runs of chinook in Alaska’s biggest rivers
Juvenile chinook salmon, also known as king salmon, are seen on July 12, 2006, swimming in the water in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Alaska. A new University of Alaska Fairbanks ...