WASHINGTON – Fifty years ago in June, elected officials gathered in Lewiston to celebrate a remarkable feat: With the completion of the Lower Snake River dams, a $1 billion project had effectively ...
Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios) President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered heads of the Army Corps of ...
Columbia River tribes along with the states of Oregon and Washington asked a federal judge Thursday to lift a stay blocking further litigation over harm caused to salmon and steelhead by federal dams ...
Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by ...
Tribes and states seek to lift litigation stay after Trump canceled dam agreement 2023 deal paused lawsuits for five years in exchange for $1B salmon investment Trump’s order ends study efforts, ...
Oct. 3—Cooler temperatures are allowing more chinook salmon to move into the Snake River, and fisheries officials in Washington and Idaho are lifting the prohibition on anglers taking home wild salmon ...
ENTERPRISE — Starting Friday, Sept. 19, and continuing through Oct. 31, anglers on the Snake River from Hells Canyon Dam downstream to the Oregon/Washington border will not be allowed to keep any wild ...
At the center of the issue is the declining salmon population. When you are in the Snake River, you can be in two states -- Idaho and Oregon -- at once. You can find yourself in magical places that ...
Lower Snake River dams now offset 75% of Washington's wind and solar power. Spring Chinook salmon returns rose from 1,105 in 1995 to over 53,000 in 2025. Federal study supports dam retention, citing ...
Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho and Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington have recently introduced in Congress the Northwest Energy Security Act. This bill is a reaction to recent discussions about breaching the ...
Conservation groups and states ask court to lift litigation pause on salmon 2023 Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement paused lawsuits and promised funds Groups urge dam removal and investment in ...