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Salmon are no longer kings of the Columbia. That has biologists worried
A recent report shows an explosion of growth of a non-native species in the Columbia River. What does that mean for salmon and the cultures built on them?
Bridget Moran: Why I’m not fishing the Grande Ronde River this year
The state of the steelhead in the Columbia and Snake River watersheds is dire. A Pacific Northwest steelhead angler grapples with how best to honor the people, places, and resources that she loves.
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‘A lost run’: logging and climate change decimate steelhead in B.C. river
When zero fish showed up for a winter count in the Gold River on Vancouver Island, their absence hinted at a much larger story of how and why this species is disappearing throughout the province.
A dam comes down — and tribes, cities, salmon and orcas could all benefit
You may not have heard much about the long fight to remove the Nooksack Dam near Bellingham, Washington, but its detonation this week will prove ecologically and culturally important.
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Will flood protections set back salmon restoration in the Chehalis River Basin?
A flood control dam proposal on the Chehalis complicates a multimillion-dollar effort by tribes and lawmakers to bring back declining salmon runs.
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Imperial Metals’ plan to drill in Skagit headwaters spawns cross-border backlash
On the edge of B.C.'s popular Manning Park is an unprotected patch of land called the 'Doughnut Hole,' where the company responsible for the Mount Polley mine disaster is proposing exploratory drilling.
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