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Council Will Begin Review of Habitat, Hatchery, and Anadromous Fish Projects in February

January 14, 2021
John Harrison

Review of the 134 ongoing projects is expected to take 14 months and will involve the Council's Independent Scientific Review Panel.

Smaller Adults, Lots of Minijacks: NOAA Research Aims to Inform Hatchery Managers

January 05, 2021
John Harrison

Pacific salmon from Alaska to California are declining in abundance and maturing younger. Can anything be done to reverse this trend?

2019-2021 Spill Agreement for Dams Was Successful, Agencies and Tribes Say

January 04, 2021
John Harrison

The 2019-2021 Flexible Spill Agreement called for increased spill to aid juvenile passage when power prices are low and reduced spill to allow additional power generation when prices are higher.

Council Approves Tribes' Hatchery Master Plan for Yakima River Coho and Chinook Salmon

January 04, 2021
John Harrison

The plan calls for upgrading production facilities for coho and Chinook salmon with the goal of making the Yakima River the salmon 'workhorse' it once was, in the words of one Yakama Nation Fisheries scientist.

State of Northwest Utilities in 2019

January 03, 2021
Carol Winkel

Flat load growth continues and on site solar takes off.

Clean air, affordable power and environmental mitigation: Northwest Power Act turns 40

December 16, 2020

Four decades ago, legislators and policymakers in the Pacific Northwest took a revolutionary leap of faith, writing a law that changed the direction of the region's energy future and made fish and wildlife co-equal with other purposes of hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin.

Wholesale Electricity Prices Come Into Focus

December 04, 2020
Carol Winkel

Throughout the West, retiring coal plants and a plethora of clean energy policies in states, municipalities, and utilities have changed how electricity markets function, adding even more uncertainty to an already challenging enterprise: forecasting the future.

Innovative Water Agreement Is Helping Restore Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout In The Teton River

November 23, 2020
John Harrison

An unusual partnership among conservationists, farmers, and government agencies that allows irrigation diversions to leak into the ground for several months of the year is having a positive benefit for the iconic species.

2020 Wildfires Burned Fish Hatcheries, Wildlife Areas as Well as Forests

November 19, 2020
John Harrison

Wildfires blackened 2.2 million acres of forest in the Northwest this fall, destroying or damaging homes, businesses, infrastructure and also fish and wildlife projects including wildlife areas and fish hatcheries.

Science Panel Finds Annual Salmon Survival Report Dense But Useful, Recommends Report of Key Messages

November 09, 2020
John Harrison

ISAB says draft 2020 Comparative Survival Study is a wealth of information, but policymakers would benefit from a condensation of its conclusions.

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