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SW WA gets millions from state for conservation; Battle Ground Lake State Park gets $800K for equestrian use

By The Citizen on July 28, 2025

The state’s Recreation and Conservation Funding Board has awarded almost $5 million to Southwest Washington to improve outdoor recreation and wildlife habitat. Read more… Source:…

Shillapoo South Wildlife Area near Vancouver could be reconnected to the Columbia River, says state

By The Citizen on July 26, 2025

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife is considering a habitat-restoration project that would reconnect the 1,000-plus-acre Shillapoo South Wildlife Area to the Columbia River…

Wahkiakum considers $1 ticket increase after state reduces ferry funds

By The Citizen on July 21, 2025

Wahkiakum County leaders say the state is decreasing its Columbia River ferry operation funding by about $150,000 over the next two years. Read more… Source:…

Columbia Basin’s salmon are in hot water, literally, says report from Save Our Wild Salmon

By The Citizen on July 11, 2025

Environmental group Save Our Wild Salmon released its first Columbia River Hot Water Report of the year Wednesday, as water temperatures throughout the basin this…

After six years, 32,000 boulders and $172M, the Columbia River jetty rehab is almost done

By The Citizen on July 3, 2025

CLATSOP SPIT — For most of the past two years, Jesse Allen has worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week operating a crane…

Mississippi River shippers get weeklong tour of Columbia River shipping system

By The Citizen on June 30, 2025

KALAMA — A group of Mississippi River shipping industry figures were treated to a tour of the Columbia-Snake river grain export system last week by…

Southwest Washington steel importers hurting after Trump doubled import tax to 50 percent

By The Citizen on June 30, 2025

Southwest Washington steel importers are feeling the pain from a Trump administration move earlier this month to double the import taxes they pay to 50…

Once logging and fishing-dependent Cathlamet reinvents itself as a leisure and recreation-hub

By The Citizen on June 24, 2025

CATHLAMET — After the fall of both logging and commercial fishing in Wahkiakum County, Cathlamet has reinvented itself as a hub for monied retirees, outdoors…

Trump pulls out of $1 billion Biden-brokered Columbia River salmon restoration plan

By The Citizen on June 13, 2025

The Trump administration on Thursday pulled out of a $1 billion Biden-era plan to restore salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin more…

I-5 tolls one step closer to reality with bills signed in Washington, Oregon

By The Citizen on June 11, 2025

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill last week updating the state’s authorization to toll the Interstate 5 Bridge. The move follows a Washington bill…