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Paid pikeminnow season starts Thursday on the Columbian River in Southwest Washington

April 25, 2025, 12:02pm Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

Anglers can get paid to fish for Northern pikeminnow starting Thursday at sites along the Columbia and Snake rivers, including the Kalama Marina, Ridgefield Marina and the boat ramp at… Read story

Woodland port rejects tax plan used to build Vancouver port waterfront

April 22, 2025, 9:39am Business

The Port of Woodland’s three commissioners last week voted unanimously to reject a controversial pro-development tax plan known as tax increment financing, or TIF. Read story

Water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

Feds put review of Columbia River hydropower system on ice

Water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

April 22, 2025, 9:35am Business

A move by federal water managers to pause a landmark environmental review of the Columbia River hydropower system has become a Rorschach test that leaves utilities, salmon advocates, commercial shippers and Native nations, as well as Washington and Oregon officials guessing. Read story

Paul Dunlap, who works for Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, clips fins so the fish can’t be turned in twice for a reward.

Anglers descend on the Gorge to get piece of $1.7 million Northern pikeminnow payouts

Paul Dunlap, who works for Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, clips fins so the fish can’t be turned in twice for a reward.

April 16, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

Thomas Ogren stood on the dock at The Dalles Marina boat launch Monday, casting for Northern pikeminnow in the hopes of hooking a piece of the roughly $1 million anglers are paid each year for pulling the fish from the Columbia-Snake rivers system. Read story

Department of Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller said six of the last 10 years have seen a drought declaration for some part of Washington.

Ecology declares third year of drought for Yakima Basin

Department of Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller said six of the last 10 years have seen a drought declaration for some part of Washington.

April 13, 2025, 12:09pm Murrow

The state has extended a drought emergency for the third year in a row in the Yakima River Basin. Read story

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at Bonneville Dam.

Seasonal water releases for young salmon start at Bonneville Dam amid national political turbulence

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at Bonneville Dam.

April 10, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

At 12 this morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened Bonneville Dam’s spillway gates, marking the beginning of seasonal water releases known as “spill.” Read story

South Coldwater Creek cascades down to join the flow of water exiting the downstream end of the Spirit Lake drainage tunnel the Army Corps of Engineers completed in 1985. (U.S.

U.S. Forest Service eyes updating or even replacing Spirit Lake tunnel

South Coldwater Creek cascades down to join the flow of water exiting the downstream end of the Spirit Lake drainage tunnel the Army Corps of Engineers completed in 1985. (U.S.

April 8, 2025, 6:05am Latest News

The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing ways to prevent Spirit Lake from overflowing, including updating or replacing an aging tunnel built to drain the lake after the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Read story

A sea lion gobbles smelt on the Columbia River on March 19 at Willow Grove Park in Longview.

‘The fish did not cooperate’: Cowlitz River smelt dipping season a bust, with no fish caught

A sea lion gobbles smelt on the Columbia River on March 19 at Willow Grove Park in Longview.

April 1, 2025, 12:50pm Clark County News

This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. Read story

The Columbia River is seen near Cascade Locks, Ore., on June 21, 2022.

Pause in Columbia River Treaty talks stokes worry for flood control in Vancouver

The Columbia River is seen near Cascade Locks, Ore., on June 21, 2022.

March 29, 2025, 6:12am Business

Flood risk management, hydropower generation and salmon runs will suffer if the United States and Canada don’t renew a key provision of the treaty that guides how they manage the Columbia River. Read story

Last year alone, the Port of Longview spent more than half a million dollars dredging about 200,000 cubic feet of Mount St. Helens’ sediment from the mouth of the Cowlitz River and nearby port berths.

45 years after blast, Mount St. Helens’ sediment still causing costly problems

Last year alone, the Port of Longview spent more than half a million dollars dredging about 200,000 cubic feet of Mount St. Helens’ sediment from the mouth of the Cowlitz River and nearby port berths.

March 19, 2025, 6:08am Business

Nearly 45 years after Mount St. Helens’ eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, millions of tons of sediment still pour into the Cowlitz River each year. And that flow is causing costly problems for towns along the way. Read story