Columbia River

Last month, the EPA ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop oil and other toxic chemical discharges into the Columbia River.  The announcement put the issue of river spills back to the front burner.  The group Columbia Riverkeeper sued the Corps last year, and says these pollutants harm fish and other wildlife in the Columbia and Snake Rivers.  Miles Johnson, Co...

According to the Bonneville Power Administration, in 2022, anglers caught and removed more than 140,000 northern pikeminnow from the Columbia and Snake rivers, saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of young salmon and steelhead.  BPA said this week nearly 1,200 people registered to be part of the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program which ran from May 1st through September 30th.  When th..

The Washington Wine Community continues to grow. On Friday, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau published the final rule, establishing Rocky Reach as Washington’s 20th American Viticultural Area, better known as AVA. “We are extremely pleased to have the Rocky Reach AVA approved,” said David and Michelle Dufenhorst, who own Rocky Pond Winery and two vineyards located within the AVA. “Thi

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is preparing for another year of fighting Sprtina. This year’s treatment for Spartina starts Wednesday June 1st, and runs through November. Survey and eradication efforts of this aggressive, invasive weed, will take place in multiple areas, including Grays Harbor, Hood Canal, Willapa Bay, Puget Sound, the north and west sides of the Olympic Peninsul

Dan Newhouse, chair of the Congressional Western Caucus, took to the House floor last week to call on the Biden Administration to do more to help producers. Newhouse noted farmers across the PNW work hard to feed to country and the world, adding many across the U ...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will discuss the invasive European green crab, lower Columbia River white sturgeon, commercial shellfish regulation and much more during a virtual meeting slated for Thursday through Saturday ...

On Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the closure of the south coast for all razor clam harvesting. Razor clam harvesting is now closed from Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford, to the California border because the marine biotoxin domoic acid is above the closure limit ...

On Friday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that another section of the coast has been opened for razor clam harvesting. Razor clamming is now open from Tillamook Head, south of Seaside, to the California border ...

Federal defendants in the litigation on biological opinion for salmon and steelhead final environmental impact statement are seeking to dismiss irrigators' claim. Columbia Snake River Irrigation Association Representative Darryl Olsen said the defendants are claiming the irrigators wouldn't be harmed by anything in the environmental impact statement. "That is blatantly false. ...

Washington Senator Patty Murray as well as eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers and western Oregon’s Peter DeFazio recently led a bipartisan letter to the Biden administration asking the president to prioritize the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty.  Lawmakers ...