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Officials fall short of salmon return goals in Columbia River Basin but see signs of progress
And through the 1990s, 12 salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin were listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act as run sizes continued to decline. Since then ...
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Flatlining salmon and steelhead numbers in Columbia Basin both a success and cautionary tale
A December report from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council shows a rolling 10-year average return of 2.3 million ...
The ‘Six Sovereigns’ are fighting for the Columbia River basin’s future. Who are they?
The conservation of one of the richest wild salmon spawning grounds in America is under the guidance of an alliance most ...
Billings Gazette25d
Trump's election dampens push to breach Columbia River dams to preserve salmon, steelhead
The change from the Biden to the Trump administration is primed to alter the trajectory of salmon recovery in the Snake and Columbia river basins. The effort to save the threatened and endangered ...
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Salmon returns still below goal, but gains made
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 ...
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Revitalizing the Snake River Basin
An agreement between four Native American Tribes, two states, and the U.S. government unlocks investments that can restore ...
How Tahlequah and her dead calf tell the story of climate change
The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...
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Salmon return goals fall short in Columbia River Basin
Officials still are 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 ...