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Construction Projects To Improve Fish Survival Are Winding Down At Corps Of Engineers Dams

May 18, 2020
John Harrison

The Corps will transition from construction projects in response to direction in the 2008 Biological Opinion to a focus on operations and maintenance, a Corps biologist says.

Washington's Orca Task Force Recommends Protections For A Declining Species

October 23, 2019
John Harrison

The Southern Resident orca population in Puget Sound, part of an iconic species that is as much a symbol of the Pacific Northwest as salmon, is in trouble, and while their problems are simply stated, solutions will be difficult.

Moving Fish Over High Dams

November 16, 2016
John Harrison

In response to a strategy in the Council's 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, a paper by the Council's staff reviews ways that fish are moved past tall or "high head" dams. The paper uses examples of fish passage at dams in the Northwest and elsewhere.

Issues For Next Fish And Wildlife Program Include Dams, Hatcheries, Invasive Species

December 18, 2013
John Harrison

Sorting Out the Effects of Dams and the Ocean on Salmon Survival

September 27, 2013
Carol Winkel

Interest grows in future dam operations as Columbia River Treaty deadline approaches

November 10, 2010
John Harrison

Electric utilities, academics, tribes, and government agencies in the United States and Canada are beginning to think about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, the 1964 agreement between the two countries that directs the operation of dams for hydropower

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Construction Projects To Improve Fish Survival Are Winding Down At Corps Of Engineers Dams

Washington's Orca Task Force Recommends Protections For A Declining Species

Moving Fish Over High Dams

Issues For Next Fish And Wildlife Program Include Dams, Hatcheries, Invasive Species

Sorting Out the Effects of Dams and the Ocean on Salmon Survival

Interest grows in future dam operations as Columbia River Treaty deadline approaches

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