The modernized Columbia River Treaty agreement-in-principle provides hydropower certainty, flood risk management and salmon and ecosystem health for the next two decades, U.S. officials said July ...

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A stopgap update to the 60-year-old Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada upends flood control and hydropower across the river basin.

The Columbia River Treaty agreement in principle calls for reduce hydropower deliveries from the U.S. to Canada. ... Jul 12, 2024. Preview this article 1 min.

The U.S. and Canada say they have agreed to update a treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for ...

Pacific Northwest stakeholders have been holding meetings preparing for a modernized version of the Columbia River Treaty since 2011. Thirteen years later, with the July 10 announcement of an ...

A stopgap update to the 60-year-old Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada upends flood control and hydropower across the river basin.

Mon., Dec. 30, 2024 The ferry at Gifford, Wash., carries vehicles in February 2022 across the Columbia River, most of which are headed to and from Inchelium, Wash. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) ...

The Columbia River begins in Canada but flows mostly in the U.S. on its 1243-mile (2000.41 kilometer) journey to the Pacific Ocean. It forms most of the border between Washington state and Oregon.

It's meant to provide flood control and a consistent river flow for hydropower. But updates to the 1960s era treaty aren't solid yet. We can expect amendments from both countries soon.

The U.S. and Canada say they have agreed to update a treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for ...

FILE - Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, June 21, 2022. The U.S. and Canada said Thursday, July 11, 2024, that they ...