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President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Trump has withdrawn the U.S. government from an agreement to restore native fish being decimated by hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin.
President Trump signed a memorandum to revoke the Columbia River Basin agreement that would impact the Lower Snake River dams.
The Columbia River Gorge is 10 minutes from Portland and home to the highest concentration of waterfalls in North America. Here's what to know before you go.
The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a move experts say puts the treasured Northwe ...
Environment Rare invasive crab found in Columbia River; first sighting in Pacific Northwest Last month, a commercial fisherman caught a Chinese mitten crab, a prohibited species in Oregon.
The Columbia River hosts some of Washington’s best fisheries—big salmon and steelhead runs, impressive summertime Chinook, giant sturgeon, and abundant whitefish.
Authorities are investigating after kayakers discovered a person’s body along the shore of the Columbia River in Skamania County on Wednesday.
The nations were trying to finalize updates to the 61-year-old Columbia River Treaty governing shared, cross-border water and hydropower management.
By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that governs flood control, water supply and hydropower ...
The Columbia River Gorge was hit with flooding, rockslides and powerful winds on Feb. 23 as an atmospheric river bombarded the region, bringing record rain to downtown Portland.
That’s not the case today. The Columbia River Basin is still home to some of the richest wild salmon spawning grounds in the world, but many species of the fish are in crisis.