Feb 24, 2019 - Seattle Times: Hunger, the Decline of Salmon Adds to the Struggle of Puget Sound’s Orca

Feb 22, 2019 - CBB: Very Low Spring Chinook Forecasted Return Prompts Limits on Recreational Fishing 

Feb 22, 2019 - CBB: NW Power/Conservation Council Hears Details On Flexible Spill Agreement To Aid Juvenile Salmonids 

Feb 22, 2019 - Q13 Fox: To help salmon migrate, state looks to spill more over dams

Feb 8, 2019 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: 2018 Comparative Survival Report Offers Latest Numbers On Smolt-To-Adult Returns For Basin Salmonids Columbia Basin Bulletin: 2018 Comparative Survival Report Offers Latest Numbers On Smolt-To-Adult Returns For Basin Salmonids 

Feb 6, 2019 - KATU: Dam cool idea? Washington seeks public input on plan to help salmon

Feb 1, 2019 - Tri-City Herald: The Snake River dams fill a power gap. Lawmakers need to know that

Feb 1, 2019 - Seattle Times: Washington state to regulate federal dams on Columbia, Snake to cool hot water, aid salmon

Jan 30, 2019 - The Spokesman Review: Salmon and orcas linked, Legislature told

Jan 30, 2019 - Outside Magazine: Washington's Bold Plan to Save Its Orcas

Jan 30, 2019 - National Wildlife Federation Blog - Can We All Agree? A Baby Orca Needs to Eat

Jan 25, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Dam issues reach both sides of the river

Jan 23, 2019 - High Country News: Idaho’s new governor: ‘Climate change is real’

Jan 23, 2019 - CTV News: Scientists suggest new threat to endangered B.C. orcas: pink salmon

Jan 18, 2019 - Lewiston Tribune: Speaker says breaching the dams is no cure-all

Jan 16, 2019 - Lewiston Tribune: Trump shortens timeline for Columbia system study

Jan 3, 2019 - Seattle Times: 2 more Puget Sound orcas predicted to die in critically endangered population

Dec 20, 2018 - Tri-City Herald:  Opponents call new dam agreement to help salmon ‘worse than useless’

Dec 20, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Salmon deal to add more spillage at region’s dams. Oregon, Washington and Nez Perce Tribe reach agreement over fish passage operations

Dec 20, 2018 - Seattle Times: Changes to dams on Columbia, Snake rivers to benefit salmon, hydropower and orcas

Dec 20, 2018 - OPB: Dam Agreement Aims To Help More Salmon Survive Columbia River Journey

Dec 14, 2018 - Spokesman-Review: Inslee task force would study possible dam breaching to help salmon, orcas

Dec 13, 2018 - Seattle Times: Gov. Jay Inslee wants $1.1 billion to help save Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas

Dec 7, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Federal Climate Report Suggests More Warm Years Such As 2015 Will Be A Reality For Columbia Basin 

Dec 7, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: Without drastic changes, Idaho’s wild steelhead are on a path to extinction

Dec 7, 2018 - Editorial Lewiston Morning Tribune: If you love a river, you’ll reopen the season

Dec 2, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Into the wild - Factions fight over best catch-and-release practices

Nov 25, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: For endangered orcas, it's the hunger games

Nov 19, 2018 - Q13 Fox: Orca task force finalizes plan to save endangered southern resident killer whales

Nov 19, 2018 - Tri-City Herald: State task force names 36 ways to save orcas. What does that mean for tearing down the dams?

Nov 19, 2018 - Seattle PI: Urgent, controversial orca whale recovery steps go to Inslee

Nov 19, 2018 - Seattle Time: Orca task force recommends whale-watching moratorium, studying dam removal to help endangered mammals

Nov 13, 2018 - Seattle Times Special Report: Orcas thrive in waters to the north. Why are Puget Sound’s dying?

Oct 22, 2018 - Q13 Fox: Calls to breach Snake River dams to save Northwest orcas grow louder

Oct 19, 2018 - Kitsap Sun: Task force considers breaching dams to save endangered orcas

Oct 15, 2018 - Seattle Times: Southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound may not survive without breaching the Lower Snake River dams to help the salmon the orcas live on, scientists say.

Oct 15, 2018 - CBB: NOAA Releases Preliminary 2018 Juvenile Salmonid Survival Estimates Through Columbia/Snake Dams

Oct 15, 2018 - Q13-FOX: Snake River dams drive wedge between farmers and orca champions

Oct 15, 2018 - Street Root News: Save the orcas: Protesters want Snake River dams breached

Sep 26, 2018 - The Seattle Times: Another southern resident orca is ailing — and at least three whales are pregnant

Sep 17, 2018 - KNKX: How Washington's Last Coal Plant Could Become State's Largest Solar Project

Sep 17, 2018 - Seattle Times: Attendees criticized NOAA for coordinating the now-canceled rescue effort of the orca J50 with SeaWorld, the entertainment park that had for decades profited from capturing the animals for use in its aquariums.

Sep 14, 2018 - Seattle Times: Orca J50 presumed dead but NOAA continues search

Sep 9, 2018 - Spokesman Review: More than 600 turn out for Snake River protest Saturday

Sep 4, 2018 - Seattle Times: Concern over endangered orcas blows up approval of Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada

Sep 3, 2018 - TriCity Herald: Activist groups say give us our dammed Snake River back.

Aug 28, 2018 - The Stranger: Giving up Chinook Is a Nice Idea but It Will Not Save the Orcas

Aug 11, 2018 - CBB: River Managers Opt To Save Cool Dworshak Water For Upcoming Salmon/Steelhead Migration

Aug 11, 2018 - CBB: Hot Water Temperatures Prompt Oregon/Washington To Close Deschutes, Yakima River Mouths To Fishing

Aug 11, 2018 - Oregonian: Oregon closes steelhead sanctuary off mouth of Deschutes to all fishing

Jul 24, 2018 - NOAA Fisheries & WDFW: Prioritizing West Coast Chinook salmon stocks for Southern Resident killer whale recovery

Jul 24, 2018 - Seattle Times: Struggling orcas heavily rely on urban chinook from Seattle-area rivers, new analysis shows

Jul 20, 2018 - HOT WATER REPORTS - COMPILED (2018 and 2016)

Jul 16, 2018 - CBB: Council F&W Committee Talks Policy About BPA Project Funding Cuts, Columbia Basin Fish Accords

Jul 9, 2018 - New York Times: Orcas of the Pacific Northwest are Starving and Disappearing

Jul 9, 2018 - Seattle Times: Audit finds 70 percent of B.C. fish-processing plants do not comply with environmental regulations

Jul 9, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: BPA at a Crossroads

Jul 3, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Corps’ Second Spill Report To Court Details Impacts Of High Flows, Involuntary Spill In May 

Jul 3, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: With Run Downgrade, Summer Chinook Fishing Below Bonneville Dam Ends Early; Sockeye Above Forecast 

Jun 28, 2018 - KIVI: Salmon numbers in Idaho take a nose dive

Jun 28, 2018 - News Deeply: Salmon Are Booming in Oregon’s Rogue River. Dam Removal May Be Why.

Jun 19, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: New life for an old beach

Jun 19, 2018 - Crosscut: Tribes see return of long lost fish

Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Pacific Lamprey Return To Umatilla River In Record Numbers; From Functionally Extinct To Over 2,600

Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Bonneville Power Looking At Spending Reductions In Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Spending

Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Flows Drop on Columbia/Snake, Allows Transition To Court-Ordered Spill; Water Supply Forecasts Good

Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: NOAA Fisheries Delivers First Court-Ordered Spring Spill For Fish Report; Shows Complex Operations

Jun 18, 2018 - Seattle Times: Orca death brings southern resident whale population to lowest level in 34 years

Jun 11, 2018 - Seattle Times: Tied U.S. Supreme Court decision means Washington must remove barriers to salmon migration

Jun 1, 2018 - Seattle Times: Inslee calls Canada pipeline ‘profoundly damaging,’ fears for orcas in surprise deal

Jun 1, 2018 - Ridenbaugh Press: Shifts of Market and Region

May 21, 2018 - Post Register: 'It’s about art making a statement’

May 18, 2018 - Vancouver Columbian: Fishing for solutions through legislation

May 15, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Students reimagine Lewiston's waterfront

May 10, 2018 - NW Fishletter #381: NW Energy Coalition Commissions Study To Replace Energy From Snake River Dams

May 8, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: 'This will be a big deal for people who fish for trout'

Apr 27, 2018 - Northwest Tribes Noticeably Absent in Columbia River Treaty Renegotiations

Apr 26, 2018 - Spokesman Review: Citing costs, U.S. House votes to halt additional water spills for salmon

Apr 26, 2018 - Associated Press: House backs bill to block spill of dam water to help salmon

Apr 19, 2018 - Seattle Times: Supreme Court showdown: Washington’s attorney general vs. tribes over salmon habitat

Apr 19, 2018 - Seattle Times: Southern-resident killer whales’ inbreeding may devastate the population

Apr 16, 2018 - Seattle Times: Republicans criticize spill of dam water to help salmon

Apr 16, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Court Ordered Spring Spill For Fish Begins On Four Lower Columbia River Dams

Apr 16, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: House Committee Passes Bill Requiring Congressional Authorization For Certain Changes At Dams

Apr 13, 2018 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Blumenauer Statement on Legislation to Undermine Columbia River Salmon Recovery

Apr 12, 2018 - Tri-City Herald: This bill would save Snake River dams. It’s hitting opposition in Congress

Apr 4, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Cheap and Fish Friendly Power?

Apr 4, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: Northwest could tear down 4 Snake dams & still have cheap, reliable power, says study

Apr 1, 2018 - Spokesman-Review: Poll shows Washington voters choose salmon over dams

Mar 31, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Washingtonians say they'd take salmon over the dams, poll finds

Mar 27, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Corps Awards $321 Million Contract To Design, Build, Install 14 Turbines At McNary Dam

Mar 27, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: NW Power/Conservation Council Gets Numbers Rundown On Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Returns

Mar 27, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Independent Science Board Reviews Two NOAA Experimental Spill Test Designs

Mar 19, 2018 - NW News Network: After 70 Years, Salmon Could Return To Columbia River Above Grand Coulee

Mar 14, 2018 - Seattle Times: Critically endangered orcas have governor’s, tribe’s attention

Mar 1, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Harvest Managers Predict 23 Percent Decline In 2018 Fall Chinook Run, One-Half Of 10-Year Average

Mar 1, 2018 - Tri- City Herald: Decision on Snake dam removal has Murray and Newhouse at odds

Mar 1, 2018 - Spokesman Review: Recreation is big business

Feb 15, 2018 - Washington state moves closer to banning Atlantic salmon farms

Feb 14, 2018 - Paul Lindholdt: Free-flowing rivers are essential to our region’s health

Feb 4, 2018 - US News and World Report: State Bills Tackle Threats to Endangered Puget Sound Orcas

Feb 4, 2018 - CBB: Salmon BiOp Challengers Argue New 2018 BiOp Due End Of Year Would Be Illegal Without EIS Foundation

Feb 4, 2018 - OPB: Endangered Orcas Are Starving. Should We Start Feeding Them?

Jan 31, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: This agency spends the most to help Northwest salmon. But cuts are coming.

Jan 30, 2018 - Seattle Times: Fish farm caused Atlantic salmon spill near San Juans, then tried to hide how bad it was, state says

Jan 27, 2018 - Seattle Times: Environmental impact of salmon decline: This isn’t just about fish

Jan 10, 2018 - Judge OKs plan for Snake, Columbia river dams

Jan 2, 2018 - The Idaho Statesman: The fate of the Northwest’s largest energy provider may decide future of our salmon

Dec 21, 2017 - 2017 Year in Review: Much done – much to be done

Dec 17, 2017 - Associated Press in the Seattle Times: US, Canada to begin talks in 2018 on Columbia River Treaty

Dec 12, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: New plans for some threatened salmon will ‘not get us to recovery,’ feds say

Dec 10, 2017 - Associated Press: Washington governor opposes House bill on Columbia, Snake River dams

Dec 10, 2017 - CBB: Briefs Filed In Appeals Court To Expedite Challenge To Increased Spill For Juvenile Salmon, Steelhead

Dec 10, 2017 - CBB: Agencies Outline NEPA/EIS Progress Evaluating Columbia/Snake River Uses, Improvements For Fish

Dec 10, 2017 - For immediate release: U.S. - Canada talks to modernize the treaty will begin in early 2018

Dec 5, 2017 - December 5, 2017: Governor Inslee issues statement opposing harmful HR 3144

Dec 2, 2017 - CBCNews: Indigenous groups in Alberta, N.W.T. say they've borne 'enormous costs' from B.C. dams, call for end to Site C

Dec 2, 2017 - CBB: Judge Denies Irrigators‚ Motion For Hearing On 2015 Spill/Transportation, Spread The Risk

Dec 2, 2017 - CBB: Judge Floats Idea Of Suspending Work On 2018 BiOp For Salmon/Steelhead Due To Lack Of Completed EIS

Nov 29, 2017 - 'It Takes Our Purpose': With No Salmon, Yurok Tribe Struggles With Identity

Nov 26, 2017 - Seattle Times: Site unseen - Floodwaters buried a treasure trove at Marmes Rockshelter

Nov 19, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Hard water makes for hard times

Nov 19, 2017 - CBB: Council Hears Presentation On How California’s Booming Renewables Affecting BPA Revenues

Nov 19, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Taxpayers paid $14 million for an Idaho hatchery — and all its fish have been dying

Nov 14, 2017 - Crosscut.com: Where have all Puget Sound’s orcas gone?

Nov 13, 2017 - NewsDeeply: Why Hydroelectric Utilities Are Endangered by Soaring Solar and Wind

Nov 9, 2017 - Defenders of Wildlife: Wild Without End - Orcas in a Tight Spot

Nov 9, 2017 - NewsDeeply: Two Years After California’s Biggest Dam Removal, Fish Rebound

Nov 5, 2017 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Federal Agencies Update Court On NEPA, EIS Process For Columbia/Snake Salmon, Steelhead

Nov 5, 2017 - Seattle PI: Orca whales need Chinook salmon, losing same

Oct 27, 2017 - Seattle Times: Orcas headed to extinction unless we get them more chinook and quieter waters, report says

Oct 27, 2017 - CBB: U.S. State Department Picks New Columbia River Treaty Negotiator

Oct 27, 2017 - CBB: Independent Science Panel Reviews Draft Report On Columbia Basin Salmon Survival

Oct 22, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Time to breach?

Oct 20, 2017 - Idaho Mountain Express: Bill would void court order no salmon recovery

Oct 20, 2017 - NEWS RELEASE: Ten years after Oregon’s largest dam removal, salmon and steelhead rebounding on the Sandy

Oct 17, 2017 - OPB/EarthFix: Salmon-Friendly Rulings On Columbia, Snake Dams Could Be Oveturned By Congress

Oct 8, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Acidic oceans and warm rivers that kill Idaho’s salmon might be norm in 50 years

Oct 8, 2017 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Feedback - Ocean Conditions And Salmon Survival

Oct 8, 2017 - CBB: Idaho Sockeye Run Second Worst In 10 Years But Good Conversion Rates From Lower Granite To Sawtooths

Oct 8, 2017 - NW Fishletter #374: Draft Results From Model Show Benefits With and Without Snake River Dams

Oct 8, 2017 - CBB: Draft Annual Salmon Survival Study Considers Impacts Of Lower Snake Dam Breaching, More Spill

Oct 8, 2017 - NWPR: Puget Sound's Southern Resident Orca Population Drops To 30-Year Low

Sep 28, 2017 - Seattle Times: Evening of ‘story, reflection and discussion’ about Columbia River

Sep 25, 2017 - NRDC: New Study Offers Way Out of Hot Water & Salmon Crisis

Sep 21, 2017 - Street Roots News: Nez Perce activists fight to save the Snake River

Sep 11, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Remove 4 dams, leave these fish alone, and they may be able to replenish themselves

Sep 10, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Salmon advocates take to the water to call for dam breaching

Sep 4, 2017 - HCN: After its dams came down, a river is reborn

Aug 25, 2017 - High Country News: States restrict chinook fisheries

Aug 18, 2017 - Seattle Times: Warm-water conditions in the Columbia and Snake Rivers are challenging cold water salmon and steelhead — and the problem is likely to get worse because of climate change.

Aug 17, 2017 - JOIN THE FREE THE SNAKE FLOTILLA - 2017!

Aug 11, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Seriously stressed steelhead

Aug 4, 2017 - Idaho Statesman Series Part 2: A changing electrical grid may make Snake River dams expendable — and help save salmon

Jul 31, 2017 - LMT: IDFG scrambling to fill hatchery quotas of spring chinook

Jul 20, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Should Snake dams be removed?

Jul 20, 2017 - South Whidbey Record: UW study pins orca pregnancy problems on lack of salmon

Jul 17, 2017 - Oceana: Study: endangered orcas are losing their unborn babies because they’re starving

Jul 17, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Short lines - tall orders

Jul 15, 2017 - LMT: Steelhead numbers even lower than forecast

Jul 10, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Fate of Pacific Northwest orcas tied to having enough Columbia River salmon

Jul 10, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Northwest Salmon, the stuff of legends, still struggle to survive

Jul 6, 2017 - For Immediate Release: The Columbia River Basin Holds Immense Natural Capital Value

Jul 5, 2017 - Seattle Times: At Elwha River, forests, fish and flowers where there were dams and lakes

Jul 4, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: McMorris Rodgers seeks new life for salmon plan

Jun 29, 2017 - SOS Blog: Spokane churches and Nez Perce Tribal members gather together on the banks of the lower Snake River

Jun 29, 2017 - Seattle Times: A new study nails dearth of chinook salmon as the primary cause of the endangered resident orca whale’s failure to rebound.

Jun 22, 2017 - News Release – Northwest, British Columbia need to stand together to modernize the Columbia River Treaty

Jun 20, 2017 - The Drake: Columbia Conundrum

Jun 13, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Spring chinook fishing closed in Clearwater Basin

Jun 13, 2017 - East Oregonian: Progress silences Celilo Falls; stories keep its memory alive

May 29, 2017 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Our View: Can lawyers just try to swim with the salmon?

May 29, 2017 - Washington Post Guest Opinion: Three Republican EPA administrators: Trump is putting us on a dangerous path

May 26, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Fisheries managers move to protect B-run

May 22, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Saving Idaho's salmon: Nature again turns against returning fish that already face long odds

May 19, 2017 - CBB: Spill Advocates, Federal Agencies Agree To Status Conference Schedule, Protocol In Salmon BiOP Case

May 18, 2017 - ORECA's alert targeting Governor Brown doesn’t tell the full story.

May 17, 2017 - LMT: Anemic return leads managers to close salmon fishing on Snake

May 15, 2017 - CBB: Spring Chinook Return Had A Little Bounce Then Back To Low Numbers; Insufficient Data For Run Update

May 15, 2017 - CBB: Heading Into Summer Water Supply Forecasts Across Basin Above Normal; One Of Wettest Years

May 9, 2017 - Tri-Cities Herald: 3 horseback riders stop in Kennewick on journey to save salmon

May 9, 2017 - Seattle Times: Epic snow and rain help salmon now, but conflicts with hydropower lie ahead on Columbia River

Apr 26, 2017 - AP: Tribes sue Coast Guard over tanker-traffic risk to orcas

Apr 25, 2017 - Oregonian: Idaho horseback riders on salmon trek pass through Portland

Apr 20, 2017 - NWPR/EarthFix: Conservation Groups Ask To Stop Barging Sockeye Around Dams

Mar 27, 2017 - OPB: Court Orders More Spill Over Columbia River Dams In 2018

Mar 24, 2017 - KUOW: Northwest Tribes Say Salmon Recovery Is Requirement Based On Treaty Rights

Mar 24, 2017 - The Oregonian: How infrastructure report card reflects on West Coast states in 10 critical areas

Mar 24, 2017 - CBB: Listed Steelhead Move Into New Habitat Created By Removal Of Obsolete Dam On Idaho's Potlatch River

Mar 24, 2017 - The Stranger: Is Anyone Going to Save the Endangered Killer Whales in Puget Sound Before It's Too Late?

Mar 24, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Tribal, nontribal activists gather for environmental conference

Mar 24, 2017 - CBB: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Names Pinkham New Executive Director

Mar 12, 2017 - Spokesman Review: Worries growing for wheat farmers

Mar 7, 2017 - Media Advisory
: Court Hearing in Portland on Columbia/Snake Salmon - 3.9.2017

Feb 27, 2017 - Willamette Week: Environmental groups seek federal action to save salmon and steelhead in Snake and Columbia Rivers

Feb 12, 2017 - Columbia/Snake Salmon NEPA Analysis Public Scoping Comment Period: A Summary

Feb 12, 2017 - 400,000 citizens submit comments calling for removal of the lower Snake River dams

Feb 5, 2017 - Patagonia Blog: The Cleanest Line - Free the Snake and Restore Salmon to Honor Treaty Right

Jan 27, 2017 - KING5-TV: Snake River dams examined after decades of lawsuits

Jan 25, 2017 - Workboat: Lockdown - Inside America’s decaying waterways infrastructure

Jan 25, 2017 - Hawaii Magazine, Coastal Science and Societies: What Happens When an Endangered Whale Pod Loses its Wise Old Grandma?

Jan 18, 2017 - The Daily News: Removing dams could affect Cowlitz industry, electric rates

Jan 18, 2017 - Many Dollars and Little Sense: Barging on the Lower Snake River

Jan 11, 2017 - The Daily Astorian: Debate spills over the dams

Jan 11, 2017 - Associated Press: Environmental groups want work halted on Snake River dams

Jan 2, 2017 - Oregonian: Shielded Native American sites thrust into debate over dams

Jan 2, 2017 - Tri-Cities Herard Letter to the Editor: On orcas, ask an expert

Jan 2, 2017 - KING5-TV: Vigils Held for Southern Resident Orcas

Jan 1, 2017 - Steelhead, sockeye spotted above Elwha dam sites

Dec 22, 2016 - KOMO NEWS: Endangered southern resident orca found dead off Canadian coast

Dec 13, 2016 - Crosscut.com: Oil tankers could doom Puget Sound’s orcas

Dec 8, 2016 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Irrigators want dams off endangered list

Dec 7, 2016 - Idaho Statesman: Lower Snake River farmers seek federal ruling to allow Idaho salmon to go extinct

Dec 7, 2016 - NW Fishletter #364: NWEC Panel Explores Replacing Power From Lower Snake River Dams

Dec 7, 2016 - NW Fishletter #364: NWEC Panel Explores Replacing Power From Lower Snake River Dams (2)

Dec 3, 2016 - KING 5 TV: Future of Snake River dams under microscope

Dec 3, 2016 - KNKX - 88.5 FM: Feds Discussing Snake River Dam Removal At Public Meeting In Seattle

Dec 3, 2016 - Yakima Herald: Grant boosts effort to dismantle Yakima's Nelson Dam

Dec 3, 2016 - The Columbian: Hearings next week on Columbia River salmon recovery

Nov 30, 2016 - Truthout Report: Without Major Interventions, the Orca's Days Are Numbered

Nov 14, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Big crowd turns out in Spokane to talk about Lower Snake River dams

Nov 7, 2016 - Oregonian: Judge's order revives movement to remove Snake River dams

Nov 5, 2016 - CBB: Science Review Of Salmon Survival Study: Snake River Fish Not Meeting Smolt-To-Adult Return Goals 


Oct 30, 2016 - KOMO News: 'It's a sad day:' Researchers claim Puget Sound orcas are starving and dying

Oct 30, 2016 - KQED News: Removal of Klamath Dams Would Be Largest River Restoration in U.S. History

Oct 28, 2016 - Seattle Times: Another Puget Sound orca dies; hope dim for her calf

Oct 28, 2016 - Seattle Times: Another Puget Sound orca dies; hope dim for her calf (2)

Oct 24, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Pressure mounts on Lower Snake dams as fish runs sag

Oct 23, 2016 - EarthFix: Taking Down Snake River Dams: It's Back On The Table

Oct 23, 2016 - Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: We can restore salmon and have carbon-free energy

Oct 18, 2016 - Seattle Times: Environmental effects of Columbia, Snake river dams scrutinized

Oct 17, 2016 - Seattle Times: More Elwha fish find way to dam-free upper watershed

Oct 5, 2016 - The Seattle Weekly: Washington’s Big Dam Climate Nightmare

Oct 5, 2016 - Spokesman-Review: Feds asking public to weigh in on breaching Snake River dams

Sep 30, 2016 - Call to Action: Court-Ordered Columbia-Snake Salmon NEPA Review: Phase 1 – Public Hearings this Fall!

Sep 28, 2016 - Seattle Times: Hydropower isn’t carbon neutral after all, WSU researchers say

Sep 26, 2016 - McClatchy News: Klamath River dams could be on chopping block

Sep 15, 2016 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Pro-salmon advocates plan to launch flotilla on Snake River on Saturday

Aug 25, 2016 - Clearing Up: Northwest Delegation Sends Another Letter Urging U.S. CRT Action

Aug 25, 2016 - Spokesman Review: About 35 percent of Snake River sockeye presumed dead

Aug 16, 2016 - OPB Radio: Lawsuit Aims To Lower Columbia And Snake River Temperatures For Salmon

Aug 16, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Hot water poses ongoing threat to Columbia River salmon, groups say (2)

Aug 16, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Hot water poses ongoing threat to Columbia River salmon, groups say

Aug 16, 2016 - Hot Water Report 2016 (8.16.2016)

Aug 9, 2016 - Hot Water Report 2016 (8.9.2016)

Aug 8, 2016 - SOS Blog: Wild Salmon and Climate Change: The Law*

Aug 4, 2016 - Boise Weekly: Dams, Megawatts and Poached Salmon

Aug 2, 2016 - Hot Water Report 2016 (8.2.2016)

Aug 1, 2016 - SOS Blog: Lessons from the 2015 Columbia-Snake Salmon Kill

Jul 26, 2016 - Hot Water Report 2016 (7.26.2016)

Jul 18, 2016 - Lewiston Tribune: Drawdown Could Spare Fish

Jul 6, 2016 - Hot Water Report 2016 (7.6.2016)

Jul 1, 2016 - CBB: Steps Taken To Cool Warming Lower Snake, Reduce Thermal Blocks As Large Basin Sockeye Return Heads Upstream

Jul 1, 2016 - CBB: Steps Taken To Cool Warming Lower Snake, Reduce Thermal Blocks As Large Basin Sockeye Return Heads Upstream (2)

Jun 30, 2016 - Hot Water Report 2016

Jun 25, 2016 - WAPO: Obama’s advisers just dismantled a key myth about the future of clean energy

Jun 25, 2016 - WAPO: Obama’s advisers just dismantled a key myth about the future of clean energy (2)

Jun 25, 2016 - CBB: Cantwell, Canadian Ambassador Meet To Discuss Columbia River Treaty

Jun 25, 2016 - CBB: BiOp Challengers Urge Court To Reject Feds’ Five-Year Timeline

Jun 25, 2016 - CBB: Hot Summer. Will Sockeye Get Slammed Again?

Jun 25, 2016 - CBB: Hot Summer. Will Sockeye Get Slammed Again? (2)

Jun 25, 2016 - Crosscut.com: The orcas are starving

Jun 21, 2016 - May 4, 2016 U.S. District Court Ruling: Background and Links

Jun 9, 2016 - Recent Economic Analyses of the Lower Snake River Dams

Jun 6, 2016 - Orca and Salmon - An Evening of Storytelling

Jun 2, 2016 - NRDC Blog: To Save Orcas, First Save Salmon

Jun 2, 2016 - Defenders Magazine: Looking for a Sound Solution

Jun 2, 2016 - Idaho Mountain Express Editorial: Stop dance of death

Jun 1, 2016 - Idaho Mountain Express: Middle Fork could regain role as salmon nursery

May 31, 2016 - Orca Month 2016 Calendar of Events

May 31, 2016 - Orca Month 2016

May 22, 2016 - Crosscut: Judge: Failed salmon restoration has cost billions

May 22, 2016 - Seattle Times Editorial: Columbia River Treaty works, but needs thoughtful updating

May 4, 2016 - Seattle Times: Judge: Salmon recovery requires big dam changes

Apr 25, 2016 - Idaho Statesman: Warm Pacific continues to chop salmon numbers, affecting Idaho, Northwest

Apr 14, 2016 - Seattle Times: Last year’s heat wave doomed nearly all Okanogan sockeye salmon

Apr 13, 2016 - Seattle Times: Lean year for coho means big worries for Westport salmon charters

Apr 7, 2016 - LMT: Waterways exec: dams aren't doomed

Apr 1, 2016 - CBB: Army Corps Responds to Fish Advocates - Report underway on 2015 Columbia/Snake warm water, fish die-off

Mar 31, 2016 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Hungry killer whales waiting for Columbia River salmon

Mar 3, 2016 - Tri-City Herald: Port of Pasco may sell crane, end container business

Feb 12, 2016 - CBB: Cross-Border Coalition Urges Collaboration In Modernizing U.S.-Canada Columbia River Treaty

Feb 9, 2016 - For Immediate Release: Conservation, fishing and faith communities call for U.S and Canadian government collaboration as essential to modernize the Columbia River Treaty

Jan 24, 2016 - Seattle Times: Puget Sound orca numbers rise fast after 30-year low in 2014

Jan 4, 2016 - LMT: Idaho landscape could be safe haven for native fish

Jan 4, 2016 - CBB: Songbird Study Shows River Ecosystem Recovery After Dam Removal, Return Of Salmon Nutrients

Jan 4, 2016 - CBB: 2015 Smolt-To-Adult Return Data For Columbia/Snake Salmon, Steelhead

Dec 15, 2015 - New York Times: Finding Refuge for Salmon, Cold Water Preferred

Dec 7, 2015 - CBC: Orca baby boom: 7th calf born to endangered southern resident population

Dec 4, 2015 - Al Jazeera: Fight Over Dams in the Northwest

Nov 16, 2015 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Studies doubt value of Snake River dams

Nov 16, 2015 - Crosscut.com: To save the orcas, do we need to demolish dams?

Nov 4, 2015 - Huff Post: Newborn Orca 'Baby Boom' Depends Upon Our Breaching Deadbeat Dams

Oct 28, 2015 - Scientists to Administrator Will Stelle: NOAA must act on climate change and salmon

Oct 28, 2015 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Preliminary 2015 Spring Juvenile Survival Estimates Through Snake/Columbia River Dams Dismal

Oct 27, 2015 - Daily Astorian Editorial: Orcas growing factor in Columbia River salmon management

Oct 22, 2015 - Skagit Valley Herald: New alliance has big goals for salmon, orca recovery

Oct 22, 2015 - KOMO TV: Interview with Dr. Carl Safina on the Orca-Salmon Connection

Oct 22, 2015 - Seattle Times: Puget Sound’s killer whales looking good

Oct 6, 2015 - Canoe & Kayak: Paddling Against Deadbeat Dams at the Free the Snake Flotilla

Sep 16, 2015 - Intertwined Fates: The Orca-Salmon Connection in the Northwest

Aug 21, 2015 - Patagonia's The Cleanest Line: Save Money, Save Salmon, Save Mike: Free the Snake

Aug 15, 2015 - Spokesman-Review Editorial: Drought put new facet on U.S.-Canada river treaty

Aug 15, 2015 - The Spokesman-Review: B.C. residents push for more-stable reservoir levels as Columbia River Treaty is renegotiated

Jul 28, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Sockeye salmon in hot water

Jun 23, 2015 - Spokesman-Review guest opinion: Pope's letter on environment a call for change

Jun 17, 2015 - Nat Geo Guest Blog: Breach the Snake River Dams

Jun 9, 2015 - For Immediate Release: Columbia River Treaty: State Department to include Ecosystem Function in negotiating position

Jun 5, 2015 - Wenatchee World: Feds - Columbia River Treaty's future is a 'priority'

Jun 5, 2015 - The Daily Astorian: Orcas back at Columbia River as 2015 tracking ends

May 21, 2015 - WDC Guest Blog: Southern Resident Orcas and the Snake River

Apr 22, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Layoffs come to call at Lewiston's Port

Apr 15, 2015 - AP: NW delegation demands start of Columbia River treaty talks

Apr 1, 2015 - Seattle Times: Orca baby boom continues with discovery of fourth calf

Mar 4, 2015 - Seattle Times: Researchers tracking killer whales took this video of a new calf from the endangered orca population

Mar 4, 2015 - Chinook Observer: Animal roundup: Baby orca leads a parade of returning species

Mar 4, 2015 - Chinook Observer: Baby orca in the Columbia River plume this week

Feb 28, 2015 - Guest Opinion: Survival of endangered orcas in the Salish Sea depends on restoring chinook

Feb 23, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Whale concerns prompt dam petition

Feb 20, 2015 - Kitsap Sun: K and L pods under observation as they travel south in ocean

Feb 18, 2015 - Islander Weekly: Dam removal initiative finds footing in DC

Jan 12, 2015 - High Country News: Salmon ground is holy ground

Dec 20, 2014 - Seattle Times: Ten years after ESA listing, killer whale numbers falling

Dec 16, 2014 - CBS News: Pregnant killer whale J-32 was starving, necropsy reveals

Nov 19, 2014 - Views from North of the Border: Treaty must consider climate change

Oct 22, 2014 - Seattle Times: 7-week-old baby orca missing, presumed dead

Oct 8, 2014 - Al Jazeera America: Salmon people pray for sacred fish to return to historic home

Oct 8, 2014 - Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty: A report from our nation's capitol (Sept 2014)

Oct 7, 2014 - HCN: Watershed moment: The U.S. and Canada prepare to renegotiate the 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty.

Oct 3, 2014 - CBB: Religious, Tribal Leaders Send To President, Prime Minister Declaration On Columbia River Treaty

Sep 2, 2014 - Associated Press: Orca population in Puget Sound falling

Aug 26, 2014 - New York Times: Large Dams Just Aren’t Worth the Cost

Aug 8, 2014 - NAIADS: When Will Salmon Return to the Spokane?

Aug 8, 2014 - The Daily New: Residents, Cowlitz Tribe pray for return to natural salmon runs

Jul 28, 2014 - The Spokesman-Review: Spawning hope

Jul 28, 2014 - Spokesman Review Guest opinion: Value the water stored in Canada

Jul 7, 2014 - KING 5 TV: Orca expert's dire warning about Puget Sound orcas

Jul 2, 2014 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Why the Columbia River Treaty matters

Jun 20, 2014 - Righting Historic Wrongs: A conference on ethics and the Columbia River Treaty.

Jun 16, 2014 - The Economist: The Columbia River Treaty: Salmon en route

May 2, 2014 - EPA weighs in on the Columbia River Treaty

Apr 23, 2014 - It’s Unanimous: Northwest delegation says “aye” to Treaty negotiations

Apr 12, 2014 - Oregonian: Tribes warn of imminent fish passage crisis at damaged Wanapum Dam, ask feds to step in

Mar 19, 2014 - Spokesman-Review: Tribes talk salmon, dams as Columbia River Treaty renewal looms

Mar 13, 2014 - Seattle Times: Weigh all the benefits of the Columbia River Treaty

Feb 24, 2014 - The Globe and Mail: First Nations push to restore Columbia River salmon runs

Feb 2, 2014 - New study connects Puget Sound orcas and Columbia Basin salmon

Jan 27, 2014 - Crosscut: Feds' latest Columbia River plan: Play me an old-fashioned melody

Jan 15, 2014 - Orca advocates, businesses and scientists call on Governor Inslee to take action to rebuild endangered chinook salmon stocks

Dec 11, 2013 - Tri-City Herald: Ecology, power concerns voiced in Columbia River Treaty hearing

Nov 15, 2013 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Consider ecosystem in U.S.-Canada negotiations for Columbia River Treaty

Nov 13, 2013 - Columbia River Treaty: November 2013 Update

Oct 29, 2013 - Spokesman-Review: U.S. utilities say Columbia River Treaty payments to Canada are excessive

Oct 27, 2013 - Spokesman-Review op/ed: Include salmon, climate provisions in river treaty

Oct 25, 2013 - Seattle Times: Roll on Columbia River Treaty

Oct 23, 2013 - AP: Canada Cries Foul on Columbia deal; U.S. plan exact opposite

Oct 23, 2013 - B.C. Releases Draft Columbia River Treaty Recommendations

Oct 16, 2013 - What Save Our Wild Salmon is doing to modernize the Columbia River Treaty

Oct 11, 2013 - Why Save Our Wild Salmon is Working to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty

Oct 10, 2013 - Toronto Globe & Mail: With water treaty to be revisited, future of Columbia River up for debate

Oct 8, 2013 - The Oregonian Editorial: The Northwest needs an overhauled Columbia River Treaty.

Sep 27, 2013 - The Spokesman Review: Treaty renewal chance to reopen salmon passages

Sep 17, 2013 - Wenatchee World: Tribes say fish protection must be part of river treaty

Aug 15, 2013 - Save Our wild Salmon submits comments on the Columbia River Treaty

Aug 15, 2013 - Save Our wild Salmon submits comments on the Columbia River Treaty (2)

Aug 14, 2013 - Summer 2013 – Hot water alert No. 4

Aug 14, 2013 - The Globe and Mail: Revised Columbia River Treaty could restore salmon runs

Jul 3, 2013 - The Lower Snake River is heating up.

Jun 20, 2013 - Renewing the Columbia River Treaty: a-once-in-our-lifetime chance

May 16, 2013 - Climate Change Prevention and Care

May 8, 2013 - Paul Lumley: To manage the Columbia River, we need a new treaty for a new era

May 8, 2013 - Paul Lumley: To manage the Columbia River, we need a new treaty for a new era (2)

May 5, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Crowded conditions likely on Clearwater

Apr 22, 2013 - The Oregonian: A 21st-century blueprint for saving Oregon species from climate change

Apr 22, 2013 - Crosscut.com: Salmon - Will the feds ever get their dam act together?

Apr 12, 2013 - Fires, Sediment, Salmon and Taxpayers

Apr 10, 2013 - Watching Our Waterways: Orca tracking project comes to an end for now

Mar 29, 2013 - Light in the River Program 2013

Mar 29, 2013 - Light in the River Reports

Mar 5, 2013 - Revealing new data shows killer whales' affinity for the Columbia River mouth

Jan 21, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Analysis questions economics of barging

Dec 21, 2012 - AP: Wyden welcomes federal agency’s plan to seek consensus on saving salmon

Dec 21, 2012 - NOAA fisheries takes first step toward building consensus on Columbia Basin salmon recovery

Nov 19, 2012 - The Return of the Redfish

Oct 29, 2012 - A Northwest first – wind over water!

Oct 10, 2012 - Idaho Statesman: Powerful Wyden supports new salmon talks

Aug 30, 2012 - Boil On Columbia

Jun 28, 2012 - Saving Salmon to Save Orcas

May 29, 2012 - Idaho Statesman: The legacy of Lonesome Larry

May 21, 2012 - Radio Boise: Judge Redden Supports Dam Breaching for Salmon

Apr 5, 2012 - TrailRunner features The Great Salmon Run

Apr 5, 2012 - BPA stifling opportunities for salmon, wind, and jobs

Jan 5, 2012 - Dammed If We Don't - an essay from Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard

Nov 22, 2011 - Salmon Groups: Let’s Try Something Totally Different

Oct 18, 2011 - The Great Salmon Runners Return

Oct 14, 2011 - Nez Perce Tribe calls on Senate for leadership

Sep 13, 2011 - The Elwha Project: Lessons for the Lower Snake River

Aug 18, 2011 - Lewiston Tribune: 'More aggressive' solutions sought for wild salmon

Aug 12, 2011 - Wind farm set to power 100,000 homes taking shape in Washington

Jul 28, 2011 - Sustainable Business Oregon: New challenges emerge in wind vs. water debate

Jul 27, 2011 - SOS Blog - Salmon, jobs, ESA defended; bad riders linger

Jul 21, 2011 - North American Wind Power: Salmon Group Wades Into Pacific Northwest Curtailment Battle

Jun 3, 2011 - Press Release: House Bill To Restore Science and Common Sense to Federal Salmon Efforts

May 27, 2011 - Different Situations: Grand Coulee Fish Kill and Columbia/Snake River Salmon Spill

May 13, 2011 - Don't let BPA squander clean energy jobs and innovation.

May 10, 2011 - Moving Beyond The Courtroom, Saving Wild Salmon: "The Job Is Not Done"

May 8, 2011 - Oregonian: Habitat restoration soars on Columbia River, but fish benefits are murky

May 8, 2011 - Oregonian: Salmon wars return to Portland courtroom - May 7, 2011

Apr 4, 2011 - The Osprey, January 2011: "Columbia Basin Salmon & Steelhead at Key Crossroad" by Joseph Bogaard

Apr 4, 2011 - March 15, 2011: Author Steve Hawley releases new book on Columbia-Snake Basin, "Recovering a Lost River"

Mar 25, 2011 - Spring Salmon Get Smoother Ride over N.W. Dams

Jan 26, 2011 - NPR WORD CLOUD: The State Of The Union, In Your Words

Jan 26, 2011 - NPR WORD CLOUD: The State Of The Union, In Your Words

Jul 12, 2010 - LA Times: "Scientists expected Obama administration to be friendlier"

Jul 8, 2010 - Huffington Post - Working Snake River: Saving Salmon--and Jobs, by Waylon Lewis

Jun 21, 2010 - June is Orca Month - Check out the new video on salmon and orcas

Jun 7, 2010 - Let's really talk about taking down those Snake River dams, by Daniel Jack Chasan

Jun 4, 2010 - Steve Wright: NW power boss for life? - Seattle PI Blog by Joel Connelly

May 26, 2010 - Salmon or political games? Obama administration makes its choice

May 21, 2010 - Huffington Post: Feds: No major changes for Columbia Basin salmon

May 21, 2010 - LA Times - Agencies submit new Columbia River salmon plan

May 21, 2010 - Public News Service: NW Salmon Battle Doesn't Bode Well for Other Endangered Species

May 19, 2010 - Blogs getting the word out: Obama to release revised Bush salmon plan - May 19th, 2010

May 10, 2010 - The Idaho Tide - an essay by Steven Hawley for Patagonia

Apr 26, 2010 - Crosscut: "Feds vs. fish: crying over spilled water" by Daniel Chasan, April 26th, 2010

Apr 12, 2010 - Oregonian, Scott Learn - April 12, 2010: Science panel opposes Obama plan for Snake/Columbia salmon

Feb 12, 2010 - SALMON NEWS: Court tells Obama Administration to Go Back and Get it Right.

Feb 11, 2010 - New York Times: Judge Finds Salmon Plan Flawed

Feb 11, 2010 - AP Story: Judge gives NOAA Fisheries last chance on salmon

Dec 29, 2009 - Something's Fishy - by Keivn Taylor, The Pacific Northwest Inlander

Dec 29, 2009 - Orcas and Salmon Roundup by Howard Garrett: Will The Present Administration Act In Behalf Of Orcas And Salmon?

Dec 26, 2009 - E-mails show internal debate over Obama salmon plan

Dec 1, 2009 - "Commercial Fisheries, Salmon, and Orcas" - by Candace Calloway Whiting in the Seattle PI's City Brights

Nov 24, 2009 - Oregon Flyfishing Blog: The battle for Columbia Salmon comes to a head in Portland courtroom

Nov 17, 2009 - "River of Renewal"- Salmon, Dams, Orcas, and You

Nov 16, 2009 - Idaho Statesman, November 16, 2009: Redden raises new concern in salmon-dam case

Nov 2, 2009 - The River Why's David James Duncan on water, salmon and the policies that are killing them

Oct 12, 2009 - News Stories - Columbia & Snake River Salmon in the Media

Sep 24, 2009 - Crosscut: Obama science goes schizophrenic on salmon restoration

Sep 1, 2009 - Judge James Redden: Steelhead God

Jul 6, 2009 - McClatchy: Les Blumenthal - Puget sound orcas could be helped by California

Jun 22, 2009 - Has the salmon debate changed? - Idaho Statesman - June 21, 2009

Jun 11, 2009 - PNW Inlander: Into the Breach

Jun 10, 2009 - June is Orca Awareness Month!

Jun 2, 2009 - Men's Journal - The Last Stand of the American Salmon

May 31, 2009 - Crapo: Be open to dam breaching - Idaho Statesman - May 30, 2009

May 28, 2009 - Caddis Fly Blog: Obama Administration Comes to Portland, Talks Salmon

May 26, 2009 - Clip of Commercial & Sport Fishing Ad in Oregonian

May 26, 2009 - Commercial and Sport Fishing Ad in Oregonian

May 19, 2009 - LA TIMES: Snake River dams may have to go

May 14, 2009 - LEWISTON TRIBUNE: Spring chinook numbers shrink

May 4, 2009 - High Country News, May 4th, 2009 - Ken Olsen piece: Salmon Salvation

May 1, 2009 - AP - Matt Daly, May 1st: Feds seek delay in developing NW salmon plan

Apr 23, 2009 - Crosscut - Obama: Good news for Columbia River salmon

Apr 7, 2009 - AP: Lower Snake 3rd most endangered river

Mar 31, 2009 - Spokesman Review: Snake photos reveal pre-dam glory, March 29, 2009

Mar 13, 2009 - Legal Update: Salmon Plan Debated in Court

Mar 9, 2009 - Idaho Statesman: Rocky Barker's Blog, March 7th: In salmon and dams saga, the hard part begins

Mar 9, 2009 - Idaho Statesman - March 18th, 2009 - Northwest can reduce greenhouse gases, save salmon and create jobs, report says

Mar 6, 2009 - New York Times: Dams allies have a change of heart

Mar 5, 2009 - Salmon recovery plan before U.S. judge

Mar 5, 2009 - Seattle Times: February 10, 2009 - Columbia salmon plan goes before judge for third try

Mar 5, 2009 - AP: March 6th, 2009: Federal judge faults plan in NW salmon dispute

Mar 2, 2009 - Saving Snake River salmon will save Puget Sound killer whales

Aug 20, 2008 - U.S. Government’s Columbia River Treaty “Working Draft” recommendation has come under fire

May 2, 2008 - Seattle Times Guest columnists: Connect the dots to save orcas, salmon