The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that governs flood control, water supply and ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. Fed by the mighty Columbia and Snake rivers and their many tributaries that ...

Flood risk management, hydropower generation and salmon runs will suffer if the United States and Canada don’t renew a key ...

(KTVZ) -- The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that governs flood control, water supply and hydropower in the shared Columbia River Basin as President Donald ...

The Columbia River Treaty is a landmark water-management agreement, ratified in 1964, by the United States and Canada which aimed to co-ordinate water management within the Columbia River Basin ...

The treaty dates to 1961, defining flood mitigation practices throughout the Columbia River basin — an area roughly the size of Texas. Negotiations to modernize the treaty began in 2018 ...

The two species of freshwater snail were once widespread throughout the Columbia Basin in Montana, Idaho ... The shortface lanx is sometimes referred to as the giant Columbia River limpet for its ...

The Columbia River Basin and the dams within it generate 40% of the United States’ hydropower, irrigate $8 billion in crops and carry 42 million tons of commercial cargo every year. A map of all ...