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    The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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  1. Ocean Predators

    Jan 16, 2018 John Harrison
    Predation in the ocean kills more Columbia River salmon than does fishing, research shows.

  2. Toxic Habitat

    Aug 18, 2017 John Harrison
    Toxic contaminants pollute water and fish habitat, but research is showing not only where the pollution is and what chemicals cause it, but also how to control it--often inexpensively

  3. Low Fish Returns? Blame the Blob

    Aug 17, 2017 John Harrison
    Northwest fishery managers point to recent warm ocean conditions as the possible cause of this year's disappointing steelhead and sockeye runs in the Columbia River

  4. Flat Loads

    Dec 20, 2016 John Harrison
    For Northwest utilities, income from power sales and the rates charged per kilowatt-hour grew by more than 3 percent per year over the last 10 years, but customer bills grew just 1 percent per year thanks largely to warm weather and energy efficiency, both of which reduce demand for power.

  5. Cool Relief

    Sep 15, 2016 John Harrison
    The summer of 2016 was not the disaster for summer-migrating salmon that 2015 was, thanks to effective collaboration among dam and fish managers, cooperative weather, and dam-passage improvements that cooled water in fish ladders on the Snake River.

  6. Cold-water Species In A Warming Climate

    Aug 12, 2016 John Harrison
    A warming climate, habitat degradation, and predation by an introduced species threaten native bull trout in Montana, but a joint effort involving Montana, the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and an an international agreement with British Columbia aims to protect and restore the cold-water species.

  7. Fish And Warm Water Don't Mix

    Jun 20, 2016 John Harrison
    Fish managers and dam operators in the Columbia River Basin are ready to respond if water temperatures rise to lethal levels, as they did in the summer of 2015.

  8. Warm Water Wreaks Havoc on Columbia River Fish

    Aug 12, 2015 John Harrison
    Six words describe the state of the Columbia River in 2015 for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon: Too hot, too early, too long. The unusually warm June and July raised Columbia Ri

  9. Warm Water Blamed for Huge Columbia River Sockeye Die-off

    Jul 31, 2015 John Harrison
    Federal and state fisheries biologists say more than a quarter million Columbia River sockeye salmon have died in the river and its tributaries this summer as the result of unus

  10. BPA, Idaho sign agreement to benefit wildlife and habitat

    Sep 16, 2014 John Harrison
    The State of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have agreed on a 10-year mitigation program that would resolve Idaho’s share of the impacts of Federal Columbia Rive

  11. Idaho, BPA propose wildlife settlement agreement

    Aug 7, 2014 John Harrison
    The state of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have reached a tentative agreement on a 10-year mitigation program that would resolve issues about the effects of fede

  12. Idaho Takes Next Step in Sockeye Salmon Recovery

    Nov 6, 2013 John Harrison
      Adult sockeye ready to spawn in Redfish Lake after migrating 900 miles from the ocean. Completion of a new Snake River sockeye salmon hatchery in Idaho in December will inaug

  13. Bonneville, Corps of Engineers issue draft regional recommendation on Columbia River Treaty

    Jun 27, 2013 John Harrison
      Today the United States Entity under the Columbia River Treaty announced a “working draft of a regional recommendation” for the future of the treaty, which the United St
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