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Executive Director Transition After an incredible 13 years as executive director, Brett VandenHeuvel will step down on August 1 to start a consulting practice focused on climate and clean water strategies. Brett will stay closely engaged and join our Board of Directors. We are excited to announce that our Board and staff unanimously chose Lauren Goldberg as our new executive director. Read Brett’s message and share a memory with Brett. |
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Legal Victory! Timber Giant Weyerhaeuser Agrees to Settlement People rely on the Columbia for clean water and strong salmon runs. No corporation, including Weyerhaeuser, has the right to flout the law and pollute this irreplaceable river. Our Clean Water Act settlement requires the corporation to fix pollution problems at its 260-acre Longview, WA, facility and pay a $600,000 penalty to a Pacific Northwest foundation for grants to protect the Columbia. |
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Lower Columbia Farms, Habitat Protected Great news! The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruled in favor of Columbia Riverkeeper and 1000 Friends of Oregon, overturning the Port of Columbia County’s effort to convert over 800 acres of farmland for heavy industrial development. This decision protects high-value farmland and prime salmon habitat targeted by the fossil fuel industry. |
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1,000 Voices for Snake River Dam Removal Huge thank you to everyone who signed Columbia Riverkeeper’s letter asking Pacific Northwest leaders and President Biden to remove the four Lower Snake River dams to protect salmon and honor Tribal rights. Your voice is critical to building the political momentum we need. It’s not too late to add your name. |
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Stand in Solidarity with Tribal Nations Rye Development wants to build the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest. The Yakama Nation has vehemently opposed this development because of the proposal’s devastating impacts to irreplaceable Tribal cultural religious resources. We only have until May 20 to flood the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with public comments. |
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Partner Spotlight: Composer-in-Residence Deena T. Grossman Join Columbia Riverkeeper for a concert, art exhibit, and CD release party May 25, 2022, in Portland, OR. Presenting the world premiere of Waterways in music and painting, a collaboration by Columbia Riverkeeper Composer-in-Residence Deena T. Grossman and artist Collin Murphy. Featuring Oregon Symphony members Martha Long and Zach Galatis (flutes), Vali Phillips (viola) and Pansy Chang (cello), plus Rory Cowal (piano) and Mirabai Peart (voice and viola). The world premiere of Waterways comes at a moment when this touch from music and art are likely to evoke our deepest feelings of healing and rejuvenation. |
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In the News:
- Environmental Group, Timber Firm Weyerhaeuser To Settle Over Pollution Claims At Longview Timber Mill, OPB, May 10, 2022
- Riverkeeper Settles With Weyerhaeuser For $600,000 After Alleged Water Quality Violations, Seattle Times, May 11, 2022
- New Details / LUBA Remands Port Westward Rezone, St. Helens Chronicle, May 13, 2022
- Columbia Riverkeeper Names Lauren Goldberg As Executive Director, Columbia Gorge News, May 10, 2022
- NEXT At Port Westward, KBOO Radio, May 7, 2022
- Petition To Remove Lower Snake River Dams Gets 1,000 Signatures, The Columbian, May 7, 2022
- Other Views: Will Oregon Leaders Stand Up For Environmental Justice?, East Oregonian, May 7, 2022
- Columbia River ‘At Tipping Point’ Warns Longtime Conservation Leader, Columbia Insight, May 5, 2022
- Columbia Riverkeeper Names Goldberg New Executive Director, Columbia Basin Bulletin, May 4, 2022
- Columbia Riverkeeper Announces New Executive Director, Daily News, May 4, 2022
- A Whistleblower Reflects After 30 Years On The Hanford Watch, Crosscut, April 26, 2022
- Changing Climate An Issue For Clark County Farms, Air, Wildlife And Rivers, Columbian, April 17, 2022
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