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Judge orders changes to Columbia and Snake river dam operations to help 'disappearing' salmon

A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest to help salmon

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Ancient DNA from Mexico's mammoths reveals unexpected — and unexplained — genetic mysteries

Columbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals.

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Portland Classic Full Prize Money Payout 2025

The LPGA Tour season has been continuing this week at Columbia Edgewater Country Club with one of the smaller prize purses this year...

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World's largest iron ore deposits formed over 1 billion years ago in supercontinent breakup

Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia.

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US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River

The U.S. and Canada say they have agreed to update a treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries

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US government, for the 1st time, details how Northwest dams devastated the region’s Native tribes

The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes

The Independent UK

Columbia, Rodinia and Pangaea: A history of Earth's supercontinents

Scientists have identified three definitive supercontinents in Earth's history and predict the landmasses we live on today will come together again in the future.

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Biden memo directs US agencies to restore 'healthy and abundant' salmon runs in the Northwest

President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to use all available authorities and resources to restore “healthy and abundant” salmon runs in the Columbia River Basin, a move that conservationists and tribes call a potential breakthrough

The Independent UK

Biden deal with tribes promises $200M for Columbia River salmon reintroduction

The Biden administration has pledged over $200 million toward reintroducing salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin in an agreement with tribes that includes a stay on litigation for 20 years

The Independent UK

Watch rookie coast guard swimmer rescue sailor as massive wave crushes his yacht

The US Coast Guard triangulated where the distress call was coming from and launched nearby vessels and a chopper to the scene, where Petty Officer Michael Clark dived into the ocean to rescue a yacht captain as his vessel sank at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and…

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Coast Guard makes dramatic rescue as wave rolls yacht

A newly minted Coast Guard rescue swimmer saved a man's life at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state just after a giant wave rolled the yacht he was piloting and threw him into the surf

The Independent UK

US broke promise to protect tribes' fish

The U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish but new tests show alarming findings

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River chief imprisoned for fishing fights for sacred rights

In the 1980s, Wilbur Slockish Jr. served 20 months in federal prison on charges of illegally poaching salmon from the Columbia River

The Independent UK

Sobering lessons in untying the knot of a homeless crisis

PORTLAND, Ore. — Michelle Farris never expected to become homeless, but here she was, sifting through garbage and towering piles of debris accumulated along a roadway on the outskirts of Northeast Portland. Farris, 51, has spent much of her adult life in Oregon, and has vivid memories of this area…

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Contaminated island in Colombia River added to Superfund

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added Bradford Island on the Columbia River to its Superfund list of toxic waste sites

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