December 18, 2018
Washington state and several federal agencies have reached a deal with Oregon and the Nez Perce Tribe to ensure that endangered salmon and steelhead can traverse the Columbia River basin while the government works on a new environmental analysis regarding dams in the waterway, according to a Tuesday announcement.
March 28, 2017
An Oregon federal judge ruled Monday that, beginning in the spring of 2018, the U.S. government must boost water releases over spillways at a series of eight dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers in an effort to increase the survival of threatened salmon and steelhead that migrate up and down the waterways.
June 21, 2016
The National Wildlife Federation, the state of Oregon, and the Nez Perce Tribe on Friday asked a federal judge to reject the U.S. government's proposed timeline for an analysis of salmon health on the Columbia River as too slow, and pushed for a faster review.
May 05, 2016
An Oregon federal court on Wednesday shot down — for the fourth time — the National Marine Fisheries Service's determination that hydroelectric dams and reservoirs along the Columbia River aren't further harming the endangered and threatened salmon species in the region.
August 03, 2011
An Oregon federal judge on Tuesday shot down the Obama administration's revisions to its 2010 plan to protect salmon purportedly endangered by hydroelectric dams, saying the plan would not adequately protect the fish in the coming years.
May 21, 2010
The Obama administration has made only modest changes to a plan to protect endangered salmon allegedly threatened by four hydroelectric dams, sparking criticism from environmental groups.
September 16, 2009
The Obama administration has proposed an "insurance policy" for endangered salmon that are allegedly threatened by four hydroelectric dams in Washington state by promising to take steps to protect the fish if the populations drop significantly — a move that provoked immediate criticism from environmentalists.