K.C. Mehaffey

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NWPCC Considers Hydro Operation Recommendations

1 week ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

Salmon managers from Northwest states and Native American tribes offered dozens of recommendations to amend the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program’s goals related to hydropower operations, ranging from a longer summer spill season to eliminating the Snake River juvenile salmon transport program except as a safety net.
Reactions Pour In on Trump's Memo 'Stopping Radical Environmentalism'

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

Leaders of Native American tribes, the secretary of energy, state governors, federal politicians, and representatives of environmental groups, wheat growers and ports are all weighing in on President Donald Trump's June 12 memo, "Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Generate Power for the Columbia River Basin." The memo—which was released after an initial news release—spells out more specifics about Trump's decision to pull out of federal commitments to help restore healthy and harvestable...
Trump Administration Pulls Out of Columbia Basin Salmon Agreement

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

President Donald Trump announced June 12 that he signed a memo revoking the Biden administration's memorandum of understanding that commits federal agencies to helping restore healthy and harvestable salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia Basin.
Reactions Pour In on Trump's Memo 'Stopping Radical Environmentalism'

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

Leaders of Native American tribes, the secretary of energy, state governors, federal politicians, and representatives of environmental groups, wheat growers and ports are all weighing in on President Donald Trump’s June 12 memo, “Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Generate Power for the Columbia River Basin.” The memo—which was released after an initial news release—spells out more specifics about Trump’s decision to pull out of federal commitments to help restore healthy and harvestable...
Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask for Injunction; EWEB Seeks Dismissal

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

Four environmental groups are asking a federal judge to require the Eugene Water and Electric Board to improve upstream and downstream fish passage at Trail Bridge Dam by Aug. 25, due to “the extremely precarious status” of upper Willamette River Chinook and bull trout.
Interior Guidance Memo on Endangered Species Act Raises Eyebrows

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

Irrigators in the Klamath River basin are celebrating a May 14 U.S. Department of the Interior “guidance” memorandum that basically says irrigation water rights in the Klamath Basin take priority over the water needs of fish listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Federal Judge Orders Remand on ESA Rule

3 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

A lawsuit brought by two hydropower groups is in abeyance while two federal agencies reconsider a new rule that expands how dam operators and others must mitigate for the incidental killing of threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The suit [24-2285] was filed last August in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the National Hydropower Association and Northwest Hydroelectric Association.
Early Snowmelt, Lack of Rain Prompt Expanded Drought in Washington

3 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

The Washington State Department of Ecology announced an expanded drought emergency to include 22 watersheds in 10 counties June 5, caused by rapid snowmelt and an unusually dry April and May. Three watersheds in the Yakima Basin have been under a drought declaration since April 8. The new declaration expands the state's drought emergency to include Puget Sound and the east and west sides of the north and central Cascade Range. kAmsC@F89E :D 564=2C65 :? (2D9:?8E@? H96? E96 H2E6C DFAA=J :D =6DD E92?
Concerns Over Lower Monumental Dam's Fluctuating Spill Continue

3 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

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Northwest Prepares for Latest Invader-Golden Mussels

3 weeks ago | newsdata.com | K.C. Mehaffey

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