News stories have recently featured the largest dam removal project so far in the United States on the Klamath River. As a result, a 420-mile stretch of the Klamath will … Read more
Jacqueline Koch
Rethinking Hydropower to Restore Northwest Rivers
The Department of Interior recently released the Tribal Circumstances Analysis, which acknowledged that the construction and operation of 11 hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers has had a … Read more
Water Is Life—and Central To Environmental Justice for Indigenous Communities
In the Chí’chil Biłdagoteel Historic District, also known as Oak Flat, golden sunlight illuminates the dramatic rock formations that are littered among the groves of large oak trees. While under … Read more
A Note to Our Canadian Neighbors: Dirty Mining Doesn’t Pan Out
Last summer confirmed what climate scientists have been telling us for decades: Extreme climate events are the new normal. Witness Yellowstone, Kentucky, or St. Louis where catastrophic, once-in-a-1000-year flooding events … Read more
Two Decades, 1.6 Million Acres: West Fork Grazing Permit Agreement Showcases Opportunity to Support At-Risk Wildlife
This month, in tandem with the 20th anniversary of its highly successful and innovative program resolving conflicts between livestock and at-risk wildlife, the National Wildlife Federation announced the addition of … Read more
Five Clear Signs Momentum Is Growing for Snake River Salmon
A breakthrough is near. We are closer than we’ve ever been to resolving the decades-long conflict between dams and salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Now it’s up to all of … Read more
Passing the Torch: Shelby Weigand Steps In to Lead Riparian Connectivity
We are delighted to introduce the newest member of our NWF regional team, Shelby Weigand, who joined the National Wildlife Federation in late March as our Senior Coordinator, Riparian Connectivity. … Read more
Little Larry Swims: Whoop Whoop! Living the Anadromous Life
Bada Boom! The big blue ocean! I made it to the Pacific and this is my home for the next 2 to 3 years. The last stretch of my epic … Read more
Little Larry Swims: Some Like it Hot! Salmon Like it Cold.
Few people like the idea of a cold shower. Not me. Cold water is the best!! Why? Because I’m a coldwater fish. In the spring, I’m swimming through snowmelt, and … Read more
Little Larry Swims: Salmon in the Trees?
Let’s talk about the food chain! We’re all a part of it. When you are a salmon, you are a big part of it. 130 different plant and animal species … Read more
