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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Make Salmon Happy, Make Just One Salmon Happy Columbia River salmon finally running, but counts are low		10 May 2006	Daily Grist
Make Salmon Happy, Make Just One Salmon Happy Columbia River salmon finally running, but counts are low Three weeks later than normal, Columbia River salmon are finally running. Well, swimming. Whatever. The fish left the Pacific Ocean at their usual time to enter the Columbia, which runs on the border of Oregon and Washington. Then they mysteriously decided to hang out in the 40 miles between Portland, Ore., and the fish lad ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, news (all these topics)

Dirty Deeds Done Crappily Hanford nuclear-waste site is a big ol' mess		03 May 2006	Daily Grist
Dirty Deeds Done Crappily Hanford nuclear-waste site is a big ol' mess The cleanup effort at the nuke-waste-riddled Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is looking like one big fustercluck. The finish date has been delayed from 2011 to 2017 or later, extending the time that 53 million gallons of radioactive and toxic waste will sit in leak-prone tanks near the Colu ...
Topics: Columbia River, Department of Energy, news, nuclear power, toxics, Washington (all these topics)

Steamroll on Columbia Idaho senator axes funding for agency that studies endangered salmon		30 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Steamroll on Columbia Idaho senator axes funding for agency that studies endangered salmon Well, that's one way to deal with scientific findings you don't like! Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has wiped out funding for the Fish Passage Center, a 12-person, $1.3 million agency widely respected by salmon-conservation experts. The center has documented shrinking fish numbers in the Columbia River system, and last s ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, Idaho, news, politics (all these topics)

Salmon and Denial-Ah Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy		27 May 2005	Daily Grist
Salmon and Denial-Ah Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy In a strongly worded opinion, U.S. District Judge James Redden yesterday ruled that the Bush administration's salmon-protection plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest is "contrary to law" because it doesn't take into account how dams affect the fish's chances of recovery. This is ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, news, Pacific Northwest, Snake River (all these topics)

They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries		12 May 2005	Daily Grist
They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries Conservationists, salmon enthusiasts, and fisheries managers along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest are wondering, Is it something we said? They've been stood up by thousands of chinook salmon that were expected to swim up the river to spawn this season, but n ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, Idaho, news, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Washington (all these topics)

A Dam Sham Bush Officials Stand Atop Dam to Trumpet Salmon Funding		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
A Dam Sham Bush Officials Stand Atop Dam to Trumpet Salmon Funding Bush administration officials announced a $10 million increase in funding for restoration of endangered Northwest salmon on Monday, drawing election-year attention to recent increases in salmon numbers. Enviros expressed measured support for the rise in funding, but pointed out that higher salmon numbers we ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, marine life, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Yakama Yack: Do Talk Back		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Yakama Yack: Do Talk Back The Yakama Nation has filed notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Department of Energy over its alleged failure to protect the Columbia River from contamination by the Hanford nuclear reservation. Thanks to four decades of plutonium production, Hanford is the most contaminated nuclear site in the country; ...
Topics: Columbia River, Department of Energy, litigation, news, toxics, Washington, water bodies and marine life, water pollution (all these topics)

Smoked Salmon Plan		08 May 2003	Daily Grist
Smoked Salmon Plan The Bush administration will have to rethink its salmon-management plan in the Columbia River Basin, following a federal court ruling yesterday that found the current plan inadequate to protect the endangered species and reduce the negative impact of hydroelectric dams. The ruling marks a major triumph for environmentalists and a serious blow to the White House ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, marine life, politics, Washington (all these topics)

Snake Oil		05 May 2003	Daily Grist
Snake Oil Federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest have been spilling oil directly into the waterways on which they sit, in amounts ranging from a trickle to, in one case, 1,000 gallons. Oregon and Washington state authorities have been trying to get a handle on the problem, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is stonewalling. Arguing that it's a matter of nation ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Columbia River, Snake River, water pollution (all these topics)

Lewis and Clark Redux Two centuries later, the explorers rediscover the Columbia River	Mark Fiore	22 Apr 2003	Soapbox
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Topics: Columbia River (all these topics)

The Shipping News		21 May 2002	Daily Grist
The Shipping News Salmon and other imperiled species would not be damaged by a proposed deepening of the Columbia River channel, federal scientists announced yesterday. Those findings -- biological opinions required under the Endangered Species Act -- will enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Columbia River, fishing, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, placemaking, Washington, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

Salmon Chanted Evening		03 May 2002	Daily Grist
Salmon Chanted Evening The future of salmon in the Pacific Northwest is being jeopardized by foot-dragging on the part of the federal government, said Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) in a speech Tuesday evening. In December 2000, the National Marine Fisheries Service decided against aiding salmon populations by breaching dams on the lower Snake River; instead, the agency called for restoring streams w ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, Oregon, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Don't Touch That Fish With a 10-foot Pole		30 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Don't Touch That Fish With a 10-foot Pole Mercury was discovered in Columbia River fish in Washington state more than a decade ago, but the state hasn't yet posted signs to warn anglers about the dangers of eating mercury-tainted fish. One Health Department official said the major reason for not posting signs was that they would cost too much. Meanwhile, a state government website urges folks visiting Lake ...
Topics: Columbia River, marine life, toxics, Washington (all these topics)

Backstroke to the Future		26 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Backstroke to the Future Christopher Swain of Eugene, Ore., plans to swim all 1,243 miles of the Columbia River to call attention to what he describes as "a contaminated beauty." The feds are now investigating the river for sources of mercury and other nasties. Swain, who works for Columbia Riverkeeper, will embark on the 160-day swim next summer ...
Topics: Columbia River, education, Northwest, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, water pollution (all these topics)

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