MONTANA PUSHES FOR FLOW CHANGES FROM LIBBY, HUNGRY HORSE Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 (PST)

Montana officials will have to wait another week to find out if their long-sought summer outflow plan from Libby and Hungry Horse dams will be accepted by regional interests and implemented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation. Read More...

UPPER COLUMBIA SUMMER CHINOOK RUN COULD BE RECORD BREAKER Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 (PST)

A near doubling of the projected Upper Columbia summer chinook return from previous predictions has removed fears that the mainstem sport salmon fishing season would have to be ended prior to the weekend and the looming Fourth of July holiday. Read More...

HYDRO, FISH MANAGERS TAP DWORSHAK TO COOL SNAKE RIVER Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 (PST)

Rapidly rising Snake River water temperatures this week forced an early tapping of Dworshak Reservoir's cool waters to improve conditions for migrating salmon downstream. Read More...

FEDS, IDAHO, TRIBES, WATER USERS AGAIN ARGUE AGAINST JOINT BIOP Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 (PST)

A new effort to have federal lower Snake/Columbia river and upper Snake River dam salmon protection plans combined is based on faulty interpretations of the law, according to attorneys for the federal government, the Nez Perce Tribe, the state of Idaho and water users groups. Read More...