Henry Brannan
Columbia River Reporter at The Columbian
Columbia River Reporter at The Daily News (Longview, WA)
I cover the Columbia River — plus how it shapes our health, economy and lives — for @TheColumbian, @The_Daily_News and WA's state funded Murrow News Fellowship.
Articles
‘A win for everybody’: Feds OK tribes’ landmark plan to reintroduce salmon into upper Columbia River
3 weeks ago |
columbian.com | Henry Brannan
Federal water managers released a final environmental review in April that clears the way for upper Columbia River tribes to reintroduce salmon above Washington’s unpassable Grand Coulee Dam. The move is the latest step forward in the Native nations’ 85-year march toward restoring populations of the iconic fish to the half of the Columbia’s 1,243-mile run that’s stuck behind America’s largest concrete structure. “When the dams were constructed, we weren’t consulted.
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3 weeks ago |
tdn.com | Henry Brannan
A Southwest Washington salmon habitat restoration nonprofit broke ground Thursday on a large restoration project on and around the South Fork Toutle River, stemming from effects of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. The two-year project is being led by Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group and is located about 10 miles from the mountain in Cowlitz County.
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3 weeks ago |
cascadepbs.org | Henry Brannan
A Chinook Salmon passes the viewing window in the visitor center at Bonneville Dam near Cascade Locks, Ore., in this Sept. 24, 2010, file photo. Chinook salmon are one of many important seafood species that have declined in the face of climate change and might not come back. (Rick Bowmer/AP Photo) This article originally appeared in The Columbian.
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3 weeks ago |
chronline.com | Henry Brannan
A leaked Trump administration budget proposal completely scraps a key Columbia River salmon recovery program as the administration seeks to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration budget. The agency’s Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund has invested $115 million across 342 projects currently underway within the Columbia basin.
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3 weeks ago |
tdn.com | Henry Brannan
A leaked Trump administration budget proposal completely scraps a key Columbia River salmon recovery program as the administration seeks to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration budget. The agency’s Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund has invested $115 million across 342 projects currently underway within the Columbia basin.
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NEW: President Trump today pulled out of a $1 billion Biden-era plan to restore salmon populations across the Columbia River Basin. The move is likely to restart a decadeslong legal battle over the harm the hydropower system inflicts upon endangered fish. https://t.co/YvI1HAQC8P
Scoop: The Trump admin has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration program run by the Army Corps of Engineers. The 46% cut to the program's required work is a part of a ~$1.5b cut to the Corps' national FY25 budget. https://t.co/y56yEtFt1N
New projections show PNW power demand may double in next 20 years fueled by an explosion in the # of data centers, EVs and electric appliances. But, with many proposed energy projects facing pushback for harms they cause, where will that power come from? https://t.co/6Q6rHuC0dB
