Columbia Riverkeepers filed a lawsuit against the Corps of Engineers December 8, alleging “pollution” from four dams the Corps operates on the Columbia River from lubricants and other pollutants. Read More
Columbia River
The fight over the 14 dams in the Columbia River Basin and whether to breach some of them to benefit migrating salmon and steelhead is far from over. It… Read More
Long before European settlers arrived on the Columbia and Snake rivers, the waterways were important transportation corridors for the native peoples. When the Lewis and Clark expedition traveled down… Read More
A letter of concern signed by a broad coalition of more than 40 agricultural groups, ports and other river stakeholders along the Columbia/Snake river system is opposing a plan… Read More
A group representing environmental lawyers has filed notice of intent to sue the federal government, including the Corps of Engineers, over its decision not to dismantle locks and… Read More
The Columbia River System Operations final environmental impact statement (EIS) was released July 31. It declined to recommend the closure and decommissioning of the four lower Snake River dams, as… Read More
Ann Banitt, the St. Paul Engineer District’s senior hydraulic engineer, was recently given the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hydrology, Hydraulics and Coastal Community of Practice Professional of the… Read More
A draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Columbia River System, the culmination of a years-long process, rejected calls to breach dams on the lower Snake River. The… Read More
Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River reopened on the evening of September 27 after having been closed since September 8. The Corps of Engineers had originally predicted… Read More
Unexpected damage to concrete structures at the Bonneville navigation lock shut down commercial traffic on the Columbia River. The navigation lock was closed September 5 after lock operators detected… Read More
