Last week, after an Oregon judge directed federal agencies to “spill” more water through Columbia and Snake river dams, ...

At 6:54 p.m. on Saturday, the National Weather Service released a special weather statement until 9 p.m. for Eastern Columbia ...

In February 2024, it looked like nearly three decades of litigation over the operation of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia ...

Under a partial injunction, dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers must lower reservoir levels and increase fish spill.

Federal funding shortfalls and staff vacancies are putting the Columbia River Basin’s fish hatcheries — and the salmon and steelhead they produce — at risk, experts warn. The potential fallout could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The possibility of removing four Snake River dams — Ice Harbor Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, Little Goose Dam and Lower Granite Dam — ...

A federal judge in Oregon has ordered dams that operate on the Columbia and Snake rivers to generate less hydropower and allow more water to pass in an effort to keep salmon populations from dying out ...

Environmental groups and others want to see hydropower operations changed to favor fish survival. Utility groups warn of problems for the power grid A long-running court battle over how to balance ...

A unique field tour of the Duncan Reservoir north of Kaslo and Meadow Creek is being offered on Saturday, May 16, as part of ...

The Columbia River basin consists of several different physiographic regions. There are alpine and subalpine environments in its mountainous regions (the Cascades, Rockies, and related subchains), an ...

The Lower Monumental lock and dam on the Snake River. (Getty Images) A long-running court battle over how to balance protections for endangered fish with hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin ...