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Screenshot from White House live feedThe governors of Oregon and Washington, and four Native American tribal leaders gathered at the White House on Friday to celebrate last year鈥檚 agreement to avoid litigation over dams in the Columbia River Basin. -
Steve Helber/APThe agency has a history of diving into big construction projects that exceed projected costs, fall short on projected benefits and, in some cases, create new problems that engineers hadn鈥檛 bargained for.
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This time of year, the Essayons dredge helps keep the navigation channel clear at the Columbia River Bar, one of the most dangerous passageways on the Pacific. -
The EPA is working to develop better tools and methods to sample hard-to-track toxic algae 鈥� and they're starting their work on the Columbia River. -
Decades of data show that despite billions in taxpayer investment, salmon and steelhead hatchery programs and restoration projects in the Columbia River Basin have failed to support or boost native fish populations and in fact are contributing to their decline. -
Randy Settler鈥檚 family has spent generations fighting for its right to harvest salmon. But the federal government squandered its chance to recover the endangered fish before the onset of climate change. Now, Settler sees it all slipping away again. -
The United States and Canada will renegotiate how to handle flood control and hydropower on the Columbia River. However, salmon advocates also want negotiators to consider the health of the Columbia River ecosystem.
