On April 19th, the U.S. State Department hosted a Columbia River Treaty Listening Session. Click here for prepared remarks by U.S. State Department chief negotiator Jill Smail. Both the U.S. and Canada remain committed to the goal…
Date: April 19th Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: On-line Webinar Virtual Registration: Click here The Department of State, joined by the Bonneville Power Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division, the U.S. Department of the…
Date: Thursday, April 13 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Location: Agenda: Learn More
Click here for 15-minute WDFW Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon fishing presentation. Background on the effort to rebuild the sturgeon population, the need to alter the fishing season, and 2023 regulations are provided. For 2023, the white…
From Lake Roosevelt National Area Recreation News Release Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is now accepting high school student applications for the 2023 summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program. Participants will get paid to work,…
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will host two public meetings in late March to inform anglers of planned changes to future (including 2023) white sturgeon fishing seasons on Lake Roosevelt in northeast Washington. Since…
Soil in the upper Columbia River valley of Stevens County, Washington, may contain unnaturally high levels of metals, including lead and arsenic. Concentrations depend on many factors, including land-use history and soil disturbances such as…
History shows that snowpack and precipitation destined for Lake Roosevelt can change quickly as winter turns to spring and Lake Roosevelt is managed for downstream flood control. In turn, spring lake levels can vary dramatically….
An August 2022 order extended a litigation stay through August 31, 2023, to resolve challenges to the Columbia River System Operations 2020 Environmental Impact Statement and Biological Opinions for salmon and steelhead. The Spokane Tribe…
EPA’s Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance Program announced awards totaling approximately $6.9 million across 25 projects to reduce toxics in fish and water throughout the Basin. Awards were based on a competitive, grant selection…
The backdrop for Forum activities is the unique and distinct needs of Lake Roosevelt, which resulted from creating a reservoir to support operational capacity at Grand Coulee Dam. Two Indian tribes, federal agencies, state agencies and four counties have specific interests in the management of the lake. Individually and collectively, they seek to meet a diverse set of environmental, economic and cultural needs.
Lake Roosevelt Forum continues to successfully engage in a set of public outreach activities intended to further strengthen collaboration and cooperation among the many stakeholders with interests in and around Lake Roosevelt.
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