The Idaho State Department of Agriculture confirmed yesterday the presence of quagga mussel larvae in the Centennial Waterfront Park area of the Snake River.
The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association is running an attached full-page "open memo" ad in several regional papers and magazines to address three key areas. The CSRIA’s Darryll Olsen said the first item deals with the Lower Snake River biological opinion litigation that is ongoing.
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Last month, the EPA ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop oil and other toxic chemical discharges into the Columbia River. The announcement put the issue of river spills back to the front burner. The group Columbia Riverkeeper sued the Corps last year, and says these pollutants harm fish and other wildlife in the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Miles Johnson, Co...
(Franklin County, WA) -- The Washington Department of Ecology is fining a Franklin County farm $304,000 for illegally using Snake River water for irrigation. The department says Frank Tiegs tapped into McNary Pool to irrigate 250 acres last summer
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