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Amelia Templeton/OPBEighty-eight years after its creation by an act of Congress, Bonneville Power is widely viewed as both an engine of prosperity in the Northwest, and 鈥� at times 鈥� an obstacle to environmental goals and economic growth. -
Bonneville Power AdministrationLinemen, engineers among hundreds of staff to leave Bonneville Power Administration as Trump trims workforce
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The Army Corps of Engineers says its fish collection machines can save salmon in Oregon. Many disagree. -
Dam repair work on the North Umpqua River in August and early September led to hundreds of thousands of lamprey dying. -
A small, abandoned dam in Southern Oregon was removed last week using funds from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The dam removal will greatly improve access to habitat for many different fish species. -
Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for droughtDecades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought. -
Breaching the Snake River dams is one major way to protect salmon. That鈥檚 according to a federal report on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin that came out today. -
A group of environmental organizations has filed a notice to sue Pacific Gas & Electric over declining fish species in California鈥檚 Eel River. -
A Trump-era change to the 1971 Clean Water Act which restricted state and tribal voices in large water projects has been overturned by a federal court. -
Officials in Shasta County are preparing to apply for federal emergency management funds to repair a dam from which they can no longer release water, that鈥� -
Dam removal continues to generate controversy in our region. Proponents see restored ecosystems and fish runs.Opponents see diminished irrigation water鈥� -
The list of dams now removed from the Rogue River and its tributaries is getting longer: Gold Ray, Savage Rapids, Bear Creek, Wimer... and that's just a鈥� -
All eyes have been on the Oroville Dam of late, with its damaged spillway leading to evacuation orders for thousands of people. The problem there is a鈥� -
The Rogue River is a very different stream from just a decade ago. The removal of Savage Rapids, Gold Hill, and Gold Ray Dams from the river means it now鈥�
