/tags/columbia-river Columbia River en-US Copyright Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:12:02 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-24/nw-governors-tribes-ratify-columbia-river-basin-pact-at-white-house-signing-ceremony The governors of Oregon and Washington, and four Native American tribal leaders gathered at the White House on Friday to celebrate last year’s agreement to avoid litigation over dams in the Columbia River Basin. Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:12:02 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-24/nw-governors-tribes-ratify-columbia-river-basin-pact-at-white-house-signing-ceremony Jacob Fischler /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-19/9-times-the-us-army-corps-of-engineers-miscalculated-badly-at-the-expense-of-taxpayers-wildlife The 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’t bargained for. Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:47:30 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-19/9-times-the-us-army-corps-of-engineers-miscalculated-badly-at-the-expense-of-taxpayers-wildlife Tony Schick /economy-and-finance/2023-11-05/life-aboard-the-boat-that-keeps-the-graveyard-of-the-pacific-clear-and-oregons-economy-moving 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. Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:52:04 GMT /economy-and-finance/2023-11-05/life-aboard-the-boat-that-keeps-the-graveyard-of-the-pacific-clear-and-oregons-economy-moving Kristian Foden-Vencil /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-10-16/big-trouble-on-the-columbia-epa-studies-rivers-toxic-algae-spread The EPA is working to develop better tools and methods to sample hard-to-track toxic algae — and they're starting their work on the Columbia River. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 01:35:35 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-10-16/big-trouble-on-the-columbia-epa-studies-rivers-toxic-algae-spread Anna King /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-05/billions-spent-on-hatcheries-habitat-fails-to-help-native-columbia-river-salmon-study-finds 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. Sat, 05 Aug 2023 14:20:27 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-05/billions-spent-on-hatcheries-habitat-fails-to-help-native-columbia-river-salmon-study-finds Alex Baumhardt /history/2022-12-31/the-fight-of-the-salmon-people Randy Settler’s 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. Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:50:08 GMT /history/2022-12-31/the-fight-of-the-salmon-people Tony Schick , Katie Campbell /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-10-10/salmon-advocates-ask-to-include-healthy-ecosystems-in-columbia-river-treaty 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. Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:47:33 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-10-10/salmon-advocates-ask-to-include-healthy-ecosystems-in-columbia-river-treaty Courtney Flatt