People want to take action ... Since 1964, the Columbia River Treaty has required Canada to control the flow of the river, via dams, to meet U.S. needs for hydropower and flood prevention.

The Trump administration is pushing back a review into how dams on the Columbia River system could be operated ... are also being rescheduled to take place in April, instead of next week.

The goal is to revise a 2020 study on the dams’ effects on steelhead and salmon populations. The study considered over a dozen federal dams. It concluded that breaching four lower Snake River ...

which evaluated the operations and maintenance of the 14 federally managed dams throughout the Columbia River Basin, did not address.

“Instead of taking the one step identified by scientists as absolutely crucial for salmon recovery, these agencies failed our region yet again,” said Meg Townsend, an endangered species attorney with ...

Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., is designed to protect the four lower Snake River dams from removal. The Northwest Energy Security Act directs the federal Columbia River power system to operate in ...

Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon's Willamette River Basin, missed a deadline set by Congress to produce a report on how the dams are affecting ...