To Remove a Salmon-Killing Causeway, Richland Votes to Hand over Management of a Popular Columbia River Island - Northwest Public Broadcasting

To remove a salmon-killing causeway, Richland votes to hand over management of a popular Columbia River island - Northwest Public Broadcasting

A fisherman stands on Bateman Island in the Tri-Cities. (Credit: Melindaa91 / Wikimedia Commons) Listen https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/052225CF_BatemanCauseway_WRAP.mp3(Runtime 1:05) Read For decades, a 550-foot causeway has connected the Richland shoreline to Bateman Island, a spot popular with local birders, hikers and fishers.However, the causeway blocks water flowing from t…

Columbia River salmon restoration hit hard by $1.5B cut to Army Corps of Engineers • Washington State Standard

(Bureau of Land Management)The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a move experts say puts the treasured Northwest fish in further jeopardy. The Columbia River Fish Mitigation program attempts to balance out significant harm inflicted by the Columbia River hydropower dam system on endangered salmon and steelhead runs. The 46 percent…

Here’s what we stand to lose from NOAA funding cuts - Columbia Insight

Lower catch limits for fish and compromised maritime safety are just some of the ways Trump’s proposed budget could weaken the Pacific Northwest Letting go: An Oregon Sea Grant worker prepares a sevengill shark in Willapa Bay, Wash., for tagging. Federal funds for the program may soon be eliminated. Photo: OSU Media/Oregon State Productions Editor’s note: On the morning of May 22, The U.S. House passed President Trump’s federal budget for fiscal…

Columbia River Salmon Restoration Hit Hard by $1.5B Cut to Army Corps of Engineers

VANCOUVER, WA – The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a move experts say puts the treasured Northwest fish in further jeopardy. The Columbia River Fish Mitigation program attempts to balance out significant harm inflicted by the Columbia River hydropower dam system on endangered salmon and steelhead runs. The 46 percent cut to the…

Columbia River salmon restoration hit hard by $1.5B in cuts

The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Continue reading…