Newsletter

Director’s Letter (For the River)

Photo Credit: David Moskowitz Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2025 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2025, Issue 1, pages 2-3 For the River The Trump administration is dismantling America’s … Read more

2025 Mid-Year Impact Report

Columbia Riverkeeper’s successful formula combines strategic legal advocacy, community organizing, creative communications, and education. We work in solidarity with Tribes, partner with people who live and work along the Columbia, … Read more

On the Water

By Miles Johnson, Legal Director Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2025 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2025, Issue 1, pages 14-15 The Lower Snake River has become shorthand for … Read more

2025 Goals

A new year means new challenges, but it also means new opportunities to protect the river that we all love so much. Here are the five challenges we plan to tackle. Read more

Columbia River Vision

Columbia Riverkeeper believes that everyone has the right to drink clean water, swim in the river, and eat locally caught fish without fear of toxic contamination. Read more

The People Who Give

The people who give are everywhere and they give in so many vitally important, tangible and impactful ways–not always financially, but most critically with a heartfelt desire to make a difference or simply to express their innate compassion. Read more

Mid-Year Legal Updates

Columbia Riverkeeper believes that litigation is an important tool. Lawsuits complement our gritty grass-roots advocacy and savvy communications strategies to meaningfully improve water quality and river communities. Read more