Trinity River Restoration Finally On Track
"The restoration, ordered by then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt in 2000 but stalled by lawsuits until this year, allows about half the Trinity's volume to stay in the 130-mile-long river, which cuts...
View ArticleDam Raises Questions About Habitat Restoration and Destruction
"'There's no other species like the steelhead that connects the mountaintops to the faraway oceans like they do,' notes Stoecker.Publication Date: Mon, 08/02/2010
View ArticleHabitat Restoration Scrutinized for Columbia River Watershed
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released a court-mandated biological opinion for the operation of the Federal Columbia River PowerPublication Date: Sun, 01/19/2014
View ArticleFederal ‘Fishery Disaster’ Declared in Washington State
A year after closing the Fraser River salmon fishery altogether, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce has declared a “fishery disaster” for the river’s sockeye salmon run, “a key resource for the state and...
View ArticleLos Angeles River Visionary Reflects on $1 Billion Recommendation for...
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View ArticleCalifornia's Largest Dam Removal Underway in Monterey County
San Clemente Dam, built in 1921 to provide water from the Carmel River for the Monterey Peninsula, is coming down, literally, "using a hoe ram, a kind of giant jackhammer chipping away at the concrete...
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Funding Awarded to Habitat Restoration Project in the Detroit River
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will provide nearly $5 million to help restore fish and wildlife habitat on and around Stony Island in the Detroit River," reports Todd...
View ArticleSeattle's New Seawall: An Experiment in Climate Adaptation and Habitat...
Ken Christensen tells the story of Seattle's new $140 million seawall—an underappreciated but critical piece of infrastructure.Publication Date: Tue, 05/16/2017
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Court Decision Makes it Final: Washington State Owes $2 Billion for Culvert...
Phuong Lee reports that the 9th U.S.Publication Date: Fri, 05/19/2017
View ArticleS.F. Plan Amendment to Allow Bay Filling
John King reports that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission recently amended the 1969 Bay Plan to allow filling of the bay.Publication Date: Thu, 10/03/2019
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Wetlands Bring New Life to the Salton Sea
At the Salton Sea in California, new wetlands areas are forming where freshwater runoff is pooling. "These unmanaged flows, scientists say, are flushing salinity out of the soil and forming freshwater...
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Washington Dam Removal Project Required Lots of Work, Expected to Deliver Big...
Crews began the work of removing a dam on the Middle Fork Nooksack River, located east of Bellingham in Washington began on July 14 reports Tara Lohan, but the work of breaching the removing dam might...
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Washington State Having a 'Dam-Busting Summer'
"Washington’s dam-busting summer is still rolling, with two more dams coming down on the Pilchuck River, opening 37 miles of habitat to salmon for the first time in more thaPublication Date: Wed,...
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