Confidence federal public servants have in their senior managers has fallen in recent years, a new survey suggests. The 2024 ...

This summer, researchers are slated to begin a new $4.9 million transboundary study aimed at promoting “a common ...

November 2024 marked a milestone in the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. The Canadian and U.S. governments have finally reached an agreement-in-principle after the years-long effort to ...

The treaty was signed in 1961 after devastating flooding in 1948 destroyed and damaged communities in the Columbia River Basin, mostly in the United States, killing dozens of people in the area.

Now, it’s heavily developed, both on the main stream and the many tributaries it feeds across multiple U.S. states. Since the 1960s, the Columbia’s water flow — and the use of that water — has been ...

Columbia River Treaty, first ratified in 1964, was set to expire late last year. In July 2024, Biden administration officials and Canadian officials reached a tentative agreement, under which Canada ...

News Washington Stopgap Columbia River Treaty leaves U.S. with more electricity, trickier flood management Dec. 22, 2024 Updated Sun., Dec. 22, 2024 at 9:31 p.m. The Columbia River and the Vantage ...

Original treaty Until this September, the treaty ensured Canada would hold back 8.95 million acre feet of spring snowmelt behind three of that nation’s large Columbia River dams.

NWPB Weekly News Now Columbia River Treaty Update, Avian Flu in the NW and the Holidays on NWPB: December 13, 2024 S 2024 Ep NaN Fixed iFrame Width: in pixelspxHeight: in pixelspx Copy Responsive ...

Nobody’s planning to do that. But somebody thought it was significant enough to include in the 1964 Columbia River Treaty between the United States and Canada. Negotiators for both nations have ...

US and Canada update Columbia River Treaty for improved flood risk management By Courtney Flatt (Northwest Public Broadcasting) Dec. 9, 2024 6 a.m.

First Nations along the Columbia River Basin in B.C. have long been calling for changes to the treaty to support the restoration of salmon runs that have been blocked by dams in the U.S.