In February 2024, it looked like nearly three decades of litigation over the operation of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia ...

The Columbia River system already operates under some of the most protective fish measures in the nation ...,” said Public ...

The ruling came in a decades-long legal effort by the states of Oregon and Washington, Native American tribes, and ...

A federal ruling directs limited changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers to address declining ...

I attended the hearing for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s draft Fish and Wildlife Plan in Seattle recently, and I came away with several observations.

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon in a recent ruling identified a central issue for Northwest salmon recovery and hydropower when he noted federal agencies display a “disappointing history of ...

May a judge be considered a keystone species? If so, I nominate U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon, who issued an order on Feb. 25 that has far-reaching benefits for our threatened Columbia basin ...

A U.S. federal judge has ordered managers to maintain hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers at effectively the status quo as part of ongoing efforts to restore salmon populations ...

American Cruise Lines will operate a 15-night, 16-day Grand Columbia & Snake Rivers Cruise starting in May 2027, the company ...

A federal judge rebuked the Trump administration's withdrawal of Biden's $1 billion commitment to combat the issue with clean ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake ...

A federal judge in Oregon has ordered changes to dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers to help salmon runs. In an ...