A legislative proposal that charted the clearest course in years for reviving Florida’s storied Ocklawaha River, dubbed by supporters as the state’s “next great restoration project,” appeared ...

The Historic Columbia River Highway has reopened after a landslide forced it to close on March 11, and drivers should use caution in the area as repairs are made in the coming months.

Indian tribes in western Washington warn salmon ecosystems are being destroyed faster than they can be restored.

I’ve been reading rivers my whole adult life and have spent 22 years guiding around the west, mostly in Idaho on the Salmon ...

Hydropower was long the country’s leading source of renewable energy, but it was passed in 2019 by wind and in 2025 by utility-scale solar. It’s still significant, though, with 5.6 percent of U.S.

The Spokesman-Review invites original letters on local topics of public interest. Your letter must adhere to the following rules: No more than 250 words We reserve the right to reject letters that are ...

How did hundreds of Montana granite stones end up in farm fields in Oregon’s Willamette Valley? Take a hike along an Ice Age trail to find out.

Highway 395 begins quietly in Washington near the Columbia River and stretches 277 miles north to the Canadian border. Along the way the road passes through wheat country, historic railroad towns, and ...

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon in a recent ruling identified a central issue for Northwest salmon recovery and hydropower when he noted federal agencies display a “disappointing history of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the ...

In February 2024, it looked like nearly three decades of litigation over the operation of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers might finally be over. That month, the Biden White House ...

FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in ...