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  1. Idaho Fishery Managers Are Optimistic About Clearwater Steelhead Return

    Oct 2, 2020 John Harrison
    2020 has been a year of bad news, but the Clearwater steelhead return offers a bit of good news for the species and anglers.

  2. Climate Change Impacts Will Affect Timing, Volume of River Flows And Hydropower, Study Asserts

    Nov 26, 2018
    Warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers seem likely to be the new normal as the result of climate change, and dam operators need to be ready.

  3. California’s 100 Percent Clean Energy Goal

    Nov 26, 2018 Gillian Charles
    The impact of California's aggressive clean energy goal has far-reaching ramifications for the Northwest and beyond. The Council is assessing how it could affect the power system.

  4. Climate Change Challenge In The Columbia River Basin: Managing Water For Hydropower and Fish Migration

    Nov 20, 2018
    If the effects of global climate change play out as expected in the Pacific Northwest, the changing water supply will challenge dam operators to provide reliable hydropower while protecting fish.

  5. Small Hydro Plants Boost Snohomish PUD's Energy Supply

    Oct 12, 2018 John Harrison
    Two new small hydropower plants located on creeks above Snoqualmie Falls will will provide power during the high-demand winter months and add carbon-free electricity to the power supply of the Snohomish County Public Utility District.

  6. Renewable Energy Gets Its Second Wind

    Aug 22, 2018 Carol Winkel
    Wind and solar generation development is on the rise, thanks to declining costs

  7. Council supports DOE selecting a pumped storage site in the Northwest for study

    Jun 27, 2018
    Understanding the potential revenue streams from a specific pumped-storage hydropower project within the region would go a long way toward making pumped-storage a competitive option for future consideration and development.

  8. Snowpack bodes well, for some

    May 9, 2018 John Harrison
    Snowpack is good for hydropower this year, but some areas are flooding

  9. Battery Power

    Sep 29, 2017 John Harrison
    The lowly battery is being reinvented, not just for vehicles but also to stabilize the power grid and smooth the ups and downs of wind and solar generation.

  10. Threat to Steelhead

    Sep 19, 2017 John Harrison
    Wild Willamette winter steelhead, already at low numbers, face a new and growing threat: Sea lions.

  11. 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

  12. Ocean Power

    Jun 15, 2017 John Harrison
    In the near future, the energy of ocean wind and waves could power our homes. But first, there is the issue of how best to generate electricity in the harsh marine environment.

  13. Repeat Spawners

    Dec 16, 2016 John Harrison
    A proposed steelhead kelt production and 'reconditioning' facility at the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery in Idaho is intended to boost Snake River B-run steelhead, a threatened species, beyond the threshold for recovery.

  14. Wind Generation Today and Where It May Be Heading

    Dec 2, 2016 Gillian Charles
    Modern-day wind turbines are becoming more efficient and productive. If technical advances continue and the cost of wind power declines, opportunities for new wind power development are significant.

  15. Fuel Of The Future?

    Oct 18, 2016 John Harrison
    Plant matter turned into a charcoal-like material can be pulverized and burned in a power plant like coal, increasing the use of renewable fuels to generate electricity. Meeting air quality standards, however, may be a challenge without additional pollution controls.

  16. Montana Wind Generates More Power When The Region Needs It, But Can We Get It?

    Aug 17, 2016 John Ollis
    Of the nearly 8,700 megawatts of wind generation in the region, under 700 megawatts are in Montana and just over 5,700 megawatts of wind power is sited in the Columbia Gorge. If Montana’s wind resource is so promising, why isn’t there more?

  17. Hatcheries and Wild Salmon: Results From Nearly 30 Years of Study

    May 10, 2016 John Harrison
    Researchers in Idaho find hatcheries can help stabilize a declining salmon population, but not permanently.

  18. Hot River, Dead Salmon, Lessons Learned

    Apr 15, 2016 John Harrison
    The summer of 2015 turned brutally hot for salmon in the Columbia River. Dam and fish managers report on how last year's experience will help them prepare for future temperature emergencies.

  19. High School Students Debate Salmon Reintroduction

    Mar 9, 2016 John Harrison
    The Reardan, Washington, High School Agricultural Issues team debated reintroduction of salmon above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams before the Council on March 8.

  20. Warm ocean, small salmon: Why?

    Mar 7, 2016 John Harrison
    Scientists who study the northern Pacific Ocean are finding some disturbing, if not alarming trends: the ocean has been warming for several years; salmon sampled in 2015 from Al

  21. Council Approves Projects for Steelhead Kelts and Freshwater Cod

    Nov 19, 2014 John Harrison
    Two projects that aim to improve survival of steelhead and burbot the upper Columbia River Basin are moving ahead. This month the Council approved continued funding of a project

  22. Tagging Sturgeon in Astoria

    Aug 22, 2013 Carol Winkel
    The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with other state and tribal partners, capture and tag sturgeon to assess the population and distribution of white sturgeon in
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