In 2020, the first Trump administration issued a decision that opposed breaching dams to improve the health of salmon and steelhead. The Biden administration announced Wednesday the opening of a new ...

The cancellation follows President Donald Trump’s decision last month to pull out of a $1 billion agreement with tribal nations and Pacific Northwest states. The Trump administration canceled an ...

Environmental groups and the state of Oregon asked a judge Tuesday to OK a suite of changes to dam operations in the Columbia Basin to reduce harm to endangered salmon and steelhead. The requests are ...

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday revoking the Columbia River Basin agreement. The directive nullifies the “Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish ...

(Left) Powerlines above the Columbia River move electricity from the Bonneville Dam to customers across the region in Hood River County, Oregon, on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Right) Portrait of Farley ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation announced that they will update an environmental study on the management of federal dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two federal agencies have announced plans to update an environmental study on the Columbia and Snake River dams — a move lauded by environmental advocates who say the new study ...

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway Aug. 22, 2024, at Bonneville Dam. The dam is the first of dozens that fish face of the river. Four of the 16 original salmon and steelhead ...

Federal agencies announced Thursday they will update the environmental guidelines that shape how they operate 14 dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The move follows a decadeslong legal battle that ...

Nicholas K. Geranios / AP Environmental groups and the State of Oregon are seeking a court injunction to force federal dams on the Columbia River to lower reservoirs and increase the amount of water ...