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March 18th, 2019 | Category: Featured Posts, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Rights of Nature, Surface Water, United States, Washington, Water Conservation |
By Eric Barker, The Lewiston Tribune
LEWISTON, Idaho — The way dams and storage reservoirs on the Columbia River and its tributaries are managed could change dramatically in a short five years if negotiators from the United States and Canada don’t strike a deal.
At issue is the Columbia River Treaty, a transboundary agreement that has governed flood risk management and hydropower production for more than five decades. The treaty is evergreen, meaning it doesn’t have […]
Continue reading Columbia River Treaty deadline could shift downstream flood risk management
December 18, 2018 Seattle Times By Lynda V. Mapes and Hal Bernton
After decades of arguments and court challenges, a landmark agreement supported by states, tribes and federal agencies is expected to change how water is spilled at Columbia and Lower Snake River dams to boost the survival of young salmon while limiting the financial hit to hydropower.
The agreement is to be recorded Tuesday […]
Continue reading Changes to dams on Columbia, Snake rivers to benefit salmon, hydropower and orcas
Published 11/05/2018 at 2:29 AM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff
According to findings by Francis Chan of Oregon State University in Corvallis (of which the Hatfield in Newport is a part), Oregon has seen a decline in oxygen in ocean waters near the seafloor for two decades now, resulting in what they term “hypoxia season.” It’s not dissimilar to the idea of a wildfire season, except here there are periods where oxygen levels nosedive in various […]
Continue reading Dead Zones Increasing Off Oregon Coast, Including California, Washington
May 29th, 2018 | Category: Columbia River, Featured Posts, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Rights of Nature, Surface Water, United States, Washington | MAY 28, 2018, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fox Q13
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Talks are scheduled to begin this week in Washington, D.C., to modernize the document that coordinates flood control and hydropower generation in the United States and Canada along the 1,200-mile Columbia River.
Northwest politicians have been pushing for years to renegotiate the Columbia River Treaty between the two countries. The lawmakers are particularly keen to eliminate a so-called “Canadian […]
Continue reading Talks to revise the Columbia River Treaty with Canada to begin Tuesday
By Nicholas Deshais nickd@spokesman.com(509) 459-5440
ODESSA, Wash. – Clark Kagele’s truck stops next to a tangle of shattered concrete and broken pipe. An old, defunct well.
For a few decades, 600 feet was deep enough. Not anymore.
On his 2,000 acres, Kagele grows wheat but also alfalfa for the herd, canola for cooking oil, timothy hay for discerning horse- and cattle-owners in Japan and South Korea, potatoes and, for the first time, sunflowers for […]
Continue reading Aquifer falling, central Washington farmers ask: Where will the water come from?
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NW Natural Water, a subsidiary of NW Natural (NYSE:NWN), today announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire two water utilities in Washington state.
Both are located on Whidbey Island near Seattle in Puget Sound. Lehman Enterprises, Inc. serves about 900 customers and Sea View Water LLC serves just under 200 customers.
The assets and operations of Lehman and Sea View will be combined under a newly-formed subsidiary of NW […]
Continue reading NW Natural Advances Water Strategy with Plans to Acquire Two Water Utilities in Washington State
By MATTHEW DALY and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
Published: April 25, 2018, 2:17 PM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a bill Wednesday that would effectively stop the spilling of water from four Pacific Northwest dams to help migrating salmon reach the Pacific Ocean.
The bill, approved 225-189, would prevent any changes in dam operations until 2022. It was sponsored by Republican Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse, both of Washington state. Rep. Jaime Herrera […]
Continue reading House backs bill to block spill of dam water to help salmon
Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Andy Porter
Mar 20, 2018 A controversial request to allow water bottling on agricultural lands in Walla Walla County took a step ahead Monday. Walla Walla County commissioners voted unanimously to have the application by former county commissioner Perry Dozier move to the final docket of proposed amendments to the county’s Comprehensive Plan and development regulations. However, commissioners noted the application will not be part of the county’s Comprehensive Plan update due at the […]
Continue reading Walla Walla County commissioners move water bottling plan ahead
January 4th, 2018 | Category: Columbia River, Featured Posts, Legal, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, News, Oregon, Other States, Protection, Surface Water, United States, Washington | By Brandon Lee
Early in the new year, Canadian and American officials will meet to discuss the renewal of one of the most enduring examples of our strong partnership – the Columbia River Treaty.
Under the treaty’s terms, three dams and reservoirs in British Columbia, and one dam in Montana that floods the Kootenay Valley into B.C., provide flood protection and help generate hydroelectricity downstream in the United States.
For more than 50 years, this benefit-sharing agreement has reliably prevented […]
Continue reading Canada: Columbia River Treaty a boon to the U.S., but must benefit all (Guest opinion)
October 21st, 2017 | Category: Announcements, Featured Posts, Groundwater, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Surface Water, United States, Washington | From the EPA:
SEATTLE and CHICAGO, OCT 17, 2017 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded more than $43M to water systems in Oregon, Washington, and Ohio.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality was awarded nearly $2 million to protect water quality through a Nonpoint Source Program Clean Water Act (Section 319) cooperative agreement. This grant is given to states to implement environmental programs that address nonpoint source pollution in surface and groundwater in order to meet and […]
Continue reading EPA DISTRIBUTES FUNDING FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN OREGON, WASHINGTON, OHIO
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