April 11, 2014
March storms lift NW water supply forecast
“March was a great month for the Pacific Northwest” as regards the collection of mountain snowpack that will feed the Columbia and Snake…
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Snowpack, climate & forecasts
Every irrigation season in eastern Oregon starts with the snowpack. The blog tracked the River Forecast Center's January–July runoff numbers, snow-water equivalent, El Niño and La Niña outlooks, and research on how a warming climate shifts streamflow timing.
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March 14, 2014
Tropical Pacific warming patterns, winds hint at El Niño
At least one particular climatic condition that seems to influence weather conditions in the Northwest, as well as around the globe, has…
October 15, 2010
USFWS releases revised designation for Bull Trout
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has revised the 2005 critical habitat designation for bull trout, a threatened species found throughout…
March 14, 2008
Forecast shows 2008 basin runoff normal or higher
There were a few drier-than-average areas in February, but precipitation fell where it counts most to assure, or nearly so, that the…
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- Selective traits in hatchery fish can occur in one generation
- Fishing trends hit predators hard, impact marine systems
- Keeping Quaggas at bay, more ‘fouled’ boats identified
- Studying impacts of storms, waves on Pacific coast
- NOAA initiative to increase of domestic aquaculture output
- AFS again calls for breaching Snake River dams
- BPA: Wind energy curtailed 6.2% of scheduled output