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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 River Basin. However, new data shows a positive trend in total abundance ...
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Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations
Additionally, 13 salmon and steelhead stocks in the Columbia River Basin are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Federal, state, and tribal agencies have ...
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Federal agencies to update ‘flawed’ study on Columbia, Snake River dams
(KOIN) – Two federal agencies have announced plans to update an environmental study on the Columbia and Snake River dams — a ... tribes and save the Columbia Basin’s salmon population.
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Stopgap Columbia River Treaty leaves U.S. with more electricity, trickier flood management
A stopgap update to the 60-year-old Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada upends flood control and hydropower across the river basin. The U.S. Department of State announced the ...