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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

Oregon Stays Nuclear-Free! 

By: Kelly Campbell, Policy Director Oregon to remain nuclear-free We did it! We beat back an onslaught of pro-nuclear bills in the Oregon legislative session to keep Oregon nuclear-free.  Back … Read more

NEW LAWSUIT AT HANFORD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Simone Anter, Senior Attorney & Hanford Program Director, Columbia Riverkeeper simone@columbiariverkeeper.org, 541-399-5312 NEW LAWSUIT SEEKS PUBLIC RECORDS ABOUT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT FORMER TOP-SECRET NUCLEAR SITE Nonprofit … Read more

Trump Cancels Salmon Agreement

By: Miles Johnson On June 12, 2025, Trump unilaterally withdrew the federal government from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, an historic agreement among federal agencies, States, Tribes, and conservation, fishing, … Read more