Columbia River Basin

SPOKANE (AP) — A new study of sage grouse in Eastern Washington has found a surprisingly large benefit from a federal program that subsidizes farmers to plant grasses and native shrubs instead of crops. The study concluded the CRP program is probably the reason that sage grouse still live in some portions of Washington's Columbia River Basin...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon says a massive habitat restoration effort doesn't do enough to improve Northwest salmon runs. U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon in Portland on Wednesday rejected the federal government's plan for offsetting the damage that dams in the Columbia River Basin pose to the fish...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A draft report taking a hard look at last summer's massive die-off of sockeye salmon in the Columbia River Basin says Northwest fisheries managers must respond faster to mitigate future fish kills if similar warm-water conditions return...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Warming temperatures in the future will produce changes in the Columbia River Basin, with more precipitation in winter months and less during the summer. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday released the Columbia Basin study, which projected future impacts on water resources in the states of Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Oregon and Washington. ...