Snake River

Water sampling on Aug. 12 revealed a large algal bloom near Granite Point, also known as Granite Rock, on the Snake River.

Republicans demand answers from the Biden administration as documents suggested it could be making moves to remove Washington’s four Lower Snake River dams.

People eating bass out of the Snake River should be wary: depending on where smallmouth bass are caught in Idaho and Oregon, the fish could have higher levels of mercury.

A copper-based pesticide will be released into the Snake River this week as the Idaho State Department of Agriculture attempts to eradicate invasive quagga mussels.

Several groups say the Snake River dams are making the river too hot for sockeye salmon. Now, they’re planning to sue the federal government.

A large oil leak went undetected for 90 days at a dam on the Lower Snake River.

Breaching the Snake River dams is one major way to protect salmon. That’s according to a federal report on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin that came out today.

Four members of the U.S. Congress recently got a close look at Washington’s Snake River dams.

Tribes across the Northwest are calling for immediate action to remove the four Lower Snake River dams. During a two-day Salmon and Orca summit in Western Washington, the group called on President Biden and congressional members to “take bold action, now.”

Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing an Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs