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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In the mid-20th century, Canada and the U.S. collaborated together to form the Columbia River Treaty. As the deadline for this treaty to end approaches in 2024, advocacy groups want a modernized ...

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.

Since 1961, the U.S. and Canada have worked together to manage dams in the Columbia River Basin, but this arrangement may change in September 2024. The Columbia River Treaty requires the U.S. and ...

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 ...

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 ...

LEWISTON, Idaho — The way dams and storage reservoirs on the Columbia River and its tributaries are managed could change dramatically in a short five years if negotiators from the ...

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 ...

Canada interprets the treaty to say all dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries south of the border would have to play a bigger role in flood control. Under that scenario, dozens of other ...

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.

At issue is the Columbia River Treaty, a transboundary agreement that has governed flood risk management and hydropower production for more than five decades. ... Starting in 2024, ...