Two proposed land transactions may eventually lead to more public access to a state wildlife area in the Toutle River Valley. This week, Cowlitz County commissioners endorsed the Department of ...

Two proposed land transactions may eventually lead to more public access to forests in the Toutle River Valley. This week, Cowlitz County commissioners endorsed the Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

LONGVIEW — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed improving a fish collection trap on the north fork of the Toutle ... in the upper valley and dredging the Cowlitz River if silt clogs ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with a plan to raise its Toutle ... valley. The corps says the project is a stopgap measure to prevent silt from accumulating in the Cowlitz River.

In the years since, a dam went in to protect people and property, but some biologists say that dam has created a Death Valley along the Toutle River. It's not easy saving a species from extinction.