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The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...
You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. Fed by the mighty Columbia and Snake rivers and their many tributaries that ...
The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that governs flood control, water supply and hydropower in the shared Columbia River Basin as President Donald Trump ...
Looking at a simple map of the river's course, it looks like someone ... the Athabasca Glacier at its eastern base. "Canada's Columbia Basin contributes some 30% to 40% of the Columbia River's ...
A map showing the extent of the Columbia River basin highlighting the dams in the treaty.
the Columbia River Basin was teeming with anadromous salmon and steelhead returning from the ocean annually. Jeremy FiveCrows ...
Officials are still not close to reaching their goal of returning at least 5 million salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River Basin. However, new data shows a positive trend in total abundance ...
A map of all Columbia River Basin dams. Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Oregon Capital Chronicle Those interim agreements are non-negotiable, according to John Wagner, an ...