In February 2024, it looked like nearly three decades of litigation over the operation of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers might finally be over. That month, the Biden White House ...
A federal judge has ordered more water spilled over Columbia and Snake River dams rather than being used to spin hydropower turbines to produce electricity. Environmental and fishing advocates praised ...
Last week, after an Oregon judge directed federal agencies to “spill” more water through Columbia and Snake river dams, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes and the states of Oregon and Washington returned to court Friday to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia ...
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon has mostly agreed to plaintiffs’ requests to increase spill over dams and lower reservoir levels on the Columbia and Snake rivers, in an injunction issued Feb.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon late Wednesday ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, ...
The “emergency measures” ordered by federal Judge Michael Simon last week are “death by 1,000 papercuts,” a dam advocate on social media says. Simon on Feb. 25 ordered increased spill over dams and ...
Judge orders more spill to aid salmon, less for hydropower on Snake and Columbia rivers Ruling raises power and ag concerns while affirming tribal treaty salmon rights Order blocks 2026 Fish ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon late Wednesday ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, ...