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Shocking Salmon Video

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These fish were on a miraculous journey back to their birthplace up the Snake River or upper Columbia. But they will not make it. The Columbia River is simply too hot to swim upstream. Read more

Debate on Trial Rights Heats Up

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Watch part of our Love Your Columbia Summer Virtual Events featuring Yakama Nation Tribal Councilman and a Kah-miltpa Band Member Jeremy Takala and Fisheries Biologist and Hydro-Coordinator at Yakama Nation Fisheries and a Ka-miltpa Band Member Elaine Harvey.  Read more

Homebodies & Waterbodies Recap

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Dr. Arlene Blum, Executive Director with the Green Science Policy Institute, spoke about the harmful chemicals found in household items, how they end up in the river, their impacts, and what you can do. Read more

DON’T FLUSH MEDS

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A growing body of science shows pharmaceuticals are reaching the Columbia River. How? Pharmaceuticals enter the Columbia through human excretion, when people flush drugs down the toilet, and from livestock operations. Read more

POESÍA! ARTE! ESCRITURA!

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Hacia el final de Enero, Columbia Riverkeeper colaboró con la Poeta Galardonada de Washington State, Claudia Castro Luna, para ofrecer un taller de poesía digital todo-en-español para los niños y sus familias. Read more

Zenith Actions

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Willamette Riverkeeper and Columbia Riverkeeper sent Zenith Energy Terminal Holdings, LLC a sixty-day notice of intent to sue under the Clean Water Act, alleging that the company unlawfully started construction to expand its Portland, Oregon, oil-train terminal without a required construction stormwater permit from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Read more

Oil Leaks from Dams

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Today’s oil spill comes over six years after the Army Corps agreed to stop violating the Clean Water Act and obtain required pollution reduction permits from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read more