2025-2028 Strategic Plan Survey
Columbia Riverkeeper wants your feedback! This survey takes less than 15 minutes and will contribute to building our 2025 – 2027 Strategic Plan. Please answer the questions below and you’ll … Read more
Protect the Estuary, Stop NEXT Refinery
Farms and Fish at Stake in Port Westward Fuel Refinery Proposal: Tell DEQ to Reject NEXT by Dan Serres, Advocacy Director Did you see the High Country News article about … Read more
“Fueling Controversy:” Port Project Seeks Public Funds
Fuel corporations at the Port of Columbia County should foot the bill for infrastructure upgrades. Read more
Mid-Year Legal Updates
Columbia Riverkeeper believes that litigation is an important tool. Lawsuits complement our gritty grass-roots advocacy and savvy communications strategies to meaningfully improve water quality and river communities. Read more
Our first treaty: An interview with Columbia Riverkeeper’s Board President Emily Washines
Columbia Riverkeeper’s board president seeks to use her position to continue to honor the first treaty of the Yakama Nation with the land itself. Read more
Cool It! Dept. of Ecology tells Army Corps: make a better plan to cool the Lower Snake River
Four reservoirs on the Lower Snake River trap the sun’s heat, making the water too hot for salmon. Columbia Riverkeeper has been using science and the Clean Water Act to ratchet up pressure on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to reduce heat pollution caused by its dams. Read more