Columbia Basin Bulletin https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html About the Columbia Basin Bulletin footer home Northwest Power/Conservation Council Releases For Comment Draft Amendments To Columbia River Basin Fish/Wildlife Program Over 30 Briefs Filed In Federal Court Opposing Request For More Spill For Fish, Lower Reservoirs At Columbia/Snake River Dams Naturally Reproduced Juvenile Coho Found In California’s Russian River Upper Basin First Time In 34 Years, Taken To Captive Breeding Program Klamath Indigenous Land Trust Purchases 10,000 Acres Along Klamath River For Ecological Restoration Post Dam Removal Work Begins To Improve Passage Conditions For Migrating Salmon, Steelhead In Yakima River Delta Annual Survival Study For Columbia Basin Salmon/Steelhead Notes Struggle To Reach Regional Smolt-To-Adult Return Goals Judge Sets Oral Arguments Over Preliminary Injunction Request That Would Alter Columbia/Snake Dam Operations For Salmon, Steelhead Marine Conditions Not Working For ESA-Listed Columbia River Smelt, Yet Another Year Of Low Return Study Shows After 2020 Megafires In Oregon Cascades, Fish, Amphibians Doing Well No Two-Rod License This Year For Willamette River Salmon Fishing, Spring Chinook Forecast Doesn’t Meet Minimum Return Threshold Rainstorm Runoff: Corps Making Adjustments At John Day Dam To Reduce Columbia River Water Levels At Portland, Vancouver CDFW Says One Year After Klamath River Dam Removals ‘Salmon Are Everywhere,’ Reoccupying Historic Habitat Center For Biological Diversity FOI Data Shows USFWS Loses 18 Percent Of Staff Under Trump Administration Groups File Petition With Oregon FW Commission To Adopt Measures To Reduce Whale Entanglements In Commercial Crab Fishing Gear NOAA Rejects ESA-Listing For Oregon Coast, Northern California Chinook Salmon; ‘High Overall Abundance, Well-Distributed Spawning Populations’ Oregon Appeals Court Overturns State Rule Allowing Trap/Haul Of Fish At Artificial Barriers WSU Study Looks At Impacts Of Artificial Beaver Dams, Make Waterways More Resilient To Climate Change Over 130 Northwest Utilities Sign Long-Term Wholesale Power Contracts With Bonneville Power Administration 2025 Ocean Data Shows Mixed Bag Of Conditions For West Coast Juvenile Salmon, Suggesting Moderate Adult Survival In Coming Years Recent Rains Boost 2026 Water Supply Forecast (April-Sept) For Columbia Basin But Overall Snowpack Far Below Normal BPA’s Columbia Basin Fish Accords (Salmon Recovery Projects) With States, Tribes Expire; Future Agreements, Use Of Carryover Funds Uncertain Corps Issues Draft Supplemental EIS For Willamette River Basin Dams, Discusses Drawdowns, Hydropower Cessation NOAA Study: Most PNW/California ESA-Listed Salmonid Stocks Show Increased Abundance Over 25 Years But Far From Recovery, De-Listing As Dispute Over Fish Accord Funds Lingers, BPA Says It Hopes To Continue Talks On Long-Term Funding For Fish/Wildlife Projects IDFG Launches New Study Aimed At Improving Understanding Of Largemouth Bass Movements Among Chain Lakes Connected To Coeur d’Alene Lake California Board Approves $87 Million In Grants For Wildlife Projects, Advances Salmon Strategy For Hotter Future Yakama Nation Requests BPA Release $50 Million In Unspent Fish Accords Funds, Supports Hatchery, Habitat Projects Independent Science Board Issues Report On Climate ‘Resilient’ Strategies For Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Endangered Snake River Sockeye 2025 Return Near Average, 1,106 Fish (Hatchery And Wild) Make It To Lower Granite Dam Environmental DNA: Washington Takes On First-Of-Its-Kind Effort To Use E-DNA To Conduct Aquatic Species Census For Every River New Study Details Stellar Sea Lion Consumption Of Young Chinook Salmon Off Washington Coast  Environmental DNA: UW Researcher Pulls Salmon E-DNA Out Of The Air To Estimate Number Of Fish Company Proposes Underwater Power Line In Columbia River From The Dalles To Portland, Would Bring Eastside Power Closer To Population Centers Groups Restore Fish Passage For ESA-Listed Bull Trout With Emergency Flume To Reconnect Habitat Invasive, Destructive Chinese Mitten Crab Found In Willamette River, Biologists Work To Determine How Widespread Trump Administration Proposes Four Revisions To Endangered Species Act It Says Will Restore ESA’s ‘Original Intent’ Norwegian Researchers Use ‘Neural Network” Of Salmon Scales To Distinguish Wild From Escaped Farmed Salmon (300,000 Fish A Year) ODFW Getting Reports Of Avian Flu Bird Deaths, Most Cases Occurring In Willamette Valley Among Geese, Raptors Contract Awarded To Remove Causeway At Mouth Of Yakima River; Harms Salmon Migration, Increases Predation, Algal Blooms Harvest Managers Delay Popular New Year’s Day Sturgeon Fishing Opening In Bonneville, Dalles Dam Pools To Extend Fishing Days Study Shows Killer Whales, Dolphins Cooperatively Hunting For Chinook Salmon In British Columbia Waters Plaintiffs In Salmon BiOp Case Seek To Dismiss Two-Year Old Idaho Request That Judge Rule Out Dam Breaching As Remedy Scientists Review Fish Passage Center’s Latest Comparative Salmon Survival Study, Highlight Data On Steelhead Overshoot, Fallback, Straying Views At Congressional Hearing On Columbia River Sea Lion Predation On Salmon Lean Toward More Lethal Removals New OSU Study On Floating Solar Panels In Reservoirs Shows Environmental Impacts Vary By Location Even With Below-Average Water Year Bonneville Power Hits Financial Targets In FY 2025 Research Uses 40 Years Of Data From NASA, Landsat Satellites To Track Water Temperatures At Columbia/Snake River Dams Impacting Salmon