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Efforts to enhance and sustain salmon and steelhead runs in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest are moving ahead following a regional agreement.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1

The Washington and Oregon governors and Native American leaders gathered to celebrate an agreement to avoid litigation over dams in the Columbia River Basin.

The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers form

The Columbia River Basin, an area roughly the size of Texas, was once the world's greatest salmon-producing river system, with at least 16 stocks of salmon and steelhead. Today, four are extinct and seven are listed under the Endangered Species Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a

The Columbia Basin Restorative initiative, signed Friday, stops short of calling for removal along Snake River dams.

The Columbia River Basin, an area roughly the size of Texas, was once the world’s greatest salmon-producing river system.

The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest. The plan, announced in December, stopped short of calling for the removal of four controversial…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1