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New Website Explores the Role of Hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest

February 01, 2021
Carol Winkel

The Council, in partnership with the region’s fish and wildlife managers, is unveiling a new website about the region’s hatcheries, their historical beginnings, how science has informed their evolution, and the status of hatcheries throughout the Columbia River Basin.

Colville Tribes Release Salmon into Blocked Areas for Science and Celebration

January 16, 2021
John Harrison

For the first time in more than 80 years, salmon swam above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams in 2019 and 2020.

Oregon and Montana Members Will Lead the Council in 2021

January 15, 2021
John Harrison

At its January meeting, the Council elected Richard Devlin, an Oregon member, Chair and Bo Downen, a Montana member, vice chair for 2021.

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.

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