Will Levenson, who runs Popina Swim in Northwest Portland, is thrilled. Continue reading →

Filed under: Water, Willamette River

It was gorgeous in Portland Sunday as 2,000 people marched across the Hawthorne Bridge, jumped in the Willamette, and floated from the west side to the east bank near Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Here are a few pictures from The Big Float: Continue reading →

Filed under: Water, Willamette River

Willamette Riverkeeper is urging thousands of people to jump in the Willamette this weekend. Continue reading →

Filed under: Water, Willamette River

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Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Water, Puget Sound, Salmon, Willamette River

For the next three months, it will be someone's job to light fireworks and drive a boat around to scatter sea lions below Willamette Falls – five days a week from dawn til dusk (almost one of my top five fish and wildlife jobs ... but not quite). The second annual hazing of sea lions to protect Endangered Species Act ... Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Columbia River Basin, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sea lions, Willamette River

Bill Monroe reports on a joint decision by Oregon and Washington fish and wildlife officials to delay a popular catch-and-keep winter sturgeon season on the Willamette River that was due to open Jan. 1. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Fisheries, Sturgeon, Willamette River

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Filed under: Water, Portland Harbor, Superfund, Toxics, Travis Williams, Willamette River, Willamette Riverkeeper