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2008 Columbia River Toxics Reduction Strategy featured in the Council on Environmental Quality's annual report on Cooperative Conservation (PDF) (70pp, 1.2MB) A lifeblood with toxic undertones - The Oregonian - March 7, 2008 Cement plant, DEQ agree on mercury emission limits - The Oregonian - February 29, 2008 Study: Contaminant levels high in parks - Seattle PostIntelligencer - February 26, 2008 2007 Mercury taints trout in famed Silver Creek: Discovery of toxin in moving water troubles environmental officials - IdahoStatesman.com - November 14, 2007 Oregonians exposed to many toxic chemicals - The Statesman Journal - November 11, 2007 Gregoire orders faster cleanup at Vancouver site - The Columbian - November 8, 2007 'Everywhere chemicals' in plastics alarm parents - USA Today - October 30, 2007 Power plants are focus of drive to cut mercury - USA Today - October 29, 2007 For many kids, lead threat is right in their own homes - USA Today - October 28, 2007 River's toxic brew spurs federal action: EPA puts priority on Columbia River cleanup, but funding is still uncertain - The Daily Astorian - August 22, 2007 Water quality testing will take closer look - Yakima Herald - August 17, 2007 E. coli in the Columbia River? - Columbian - August 10, 2007 Farmers can drop off toxic pesticides -Walla Walla Union - Bulletin - July 11, 2007 Sensitive Birds Alert Scientists to New Threat - The Oregonian - May 27, 2007. Pollution Threatens River's Helath - The Daily Astorian - May 8, 2007 From Portland to Pacific on the Mighty Columbia - Tim Cahill - VIA - May 2007 Fish and feast -- what's the catch? - The Oregonian - March 18, 2007 Appetite for Oregon fish may toughen clean water standards - The Oregonian - March 14, 2007 Columbia Basin Ecological Health Now A Priority for EPA - The Columbia Basin Bulletin - January 26, 2007 Mercury found in all fish tested in the West - Oregonian- January 24, 2007 State to Issue New Stormwater Rules Today - Seattle Post Intelligencer - January 17, 2007 Columbia River's Pollution Makes It A National Priority - Oregon Public Broadcasting - January 17, 2007 Sen. Nelson wants money for Juniper Canyon reservoir - East Oregonian - January 8, 2007 Tracking pollution's source - The Spokesman-Review - January 8, 2007 Port has plan for pollution in groundwater - The Columbian - January 7, 2007 Heading off a supermess - Portland Tribune - January 5, 2007 Local farmers remove 17 tons of pesticides - The Register-Guard - December 29, 2006 2006 Port must fix runoff at PDX - The Oregonian - October 17, 2006 Students taken on stewardship - The Columbia - October 5, 2006 No quick fix for ailing Willamette - Oregonian - September 30, 2006 State's freshwater fish tainted, study says - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - September 1, 2006 Ecology study finds flame retardants in state's rivers and lakes - Department of Ecology News Release - August 31, 2006 High schoolers study the environment in Columbia Estuary program - Daily News - July 27, 2006 EPA lists Columbia River on its short list of major endangered waterways - Daily Astorian - July 17, 2006 Columbia River toxins moving up food chain - Seattle Times - July 10, 2006 Lake Roosevelt beaches are safe, early findings of samples show: Pollution risk low if campers don't exceed 2 weeks - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - June 13, 2006