According to Earthjustice, spilling more water over dams would allow more juvenile fish to pass over the dams instead of through hydroelectric turbines, and the lower reservoir levels would shorten ...

DESERT AIRE, Wash. - The Washington Department of Ecology and Grant PUD are addressing a spill at Priest Rapids Dam after ...

EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) – A 65-foot-long crack in a Columbia River dam in central Washington has prompted officials to begin lowering the water level by 20 feet so inspectors can get a better idea of how ...

As in: Increase hatchery output; Close the entire salmon fishery for two or three years; Eliminate the bird colonies at the mouth of the Columbia River; Eliminate the sea lions at the mouth of the ...

(Left) Powerlines above the Columbia River move electricity from the Bonneville Dam to customers across the region in Hood River County, Oregon, on July 25, 2024. (Right) Portrait of Farley ...

Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the federal Columbia River Power System. ...

Environmental groups and others want to see hydropower operations changed to favor fish survival. Utility groups warn of problems for the power grid A long-running court battle over how to balance ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation announced that they will update an environmental study on the management of federal dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers. The ...

MATTAWA — People downstream of Priest Rapids Dam are being asked to look for evidence of oil on the waters of the Columbia River following a spill of mineral oil at the dam Wednesday. Department of ...

Breaching one or more of the lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington is called for in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration draft report released Tuesday. The draft report looks at ...

(Left) Powerlines above the Columbia River move electricity from the Bonneville Dam to customers across the region in Hood River County, Oregon, on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Right) Portrait of Farley ...

Grand Coulee Dam is among the most powerful energy-generating dams on earth. It’s the bedrock of the federal Columbia River Power System — a network of 31 dams supplying more than half of the ...