For salmon and our economy

Northwest RiverPartners is an alliance of farmers, utilities, ports and businesses that promote the economic and environmental benefits of the Columbia and Snake Rivers and salmon recovery policies based on sound science. List of members.

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2010 OPINION POLL

The 2010 Columbia-Snake river basin sockeye salmon are surging past Bonneville dam, surpassing previous daily records established in 1938 when Bonneville went online and counts began.

Biologists expect at least 1,400 listed Snake River sockeye to reach Lower Granite Dam. In contrast, virtually no sockeye returned in the 1990s.

The Oregonian Editorial: Northwest should find hope, encouragement, in a stronger decade of Columbia fish returns.   More 

Big salmon, steelhead runs amaze biologists   More

Rep. Doc Hastings comments on expensive spill when no fish are in the river   More

Federal agencies file strengthened Salmon Plan   More