2025 Goals
A new year means new challenges, but it also means new opportunities to protect the river that we all love so much. Here are the five challenges we plan to tackle. Read more
Outreach & Education
Communities are making an impact for the Columbia—demanding clean water, climate action, and strong salmon runs. Read more
Columbia River Vision
Columbia Riverkeeper believes that everyone has the right to drink clean water, swim in the river, and eat locally caught fish without fear of toxic contamination. Read more
The People Who Give
The people who give are everywhere and they give in so many vitally important, tangible and impactful ways–not always financially, but most critically with a heartfelt desire to make a difference or simply to express their innate compassion. Read more
Director’s Letter from 2024 Currents Newsletter
Do you dream of finding solutions to the climate crisis? How about slashing greenhouse gas pollution by challenging one of North America’s biggest fuel fuel infrastructure corporations? Columbia Riverkeeper turns your dreams into action—and results. 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
Rising to the Challenge: Taking on the Gas Industry
Columbia Riverkeeper recently took our expertise and recommendations for fracked gas infrastructure to the Washington and Oregon public utility commissions—the state agencies that regulate gas utility companies—and achieved excellent results. Read more
History-Making (or Breaking) Decision for Hanford Cleanup
By Simone Anter (Jicarilla Apache and Yaqui), Staff Attorney & Hanford Program DirectorOriginally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2024. The other day I found myself in a high … Read more
Rise to the Challenge: Advocate for a Just Transition
Extractivist attitudes have harnessed the energy of the Columbia in ways that have caused devastating harm to the river and people who depend on it. Our challenge: apply the principles of a just transition to a clean energy future to the Columbia Basin. Read more