EPA's Columbia River Basin Restoration Program

Learn about collaborative efforts to reduce toxic pollution and protect people and the environment.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Region 10

Evening sun and low clouds over the Columbia River Estuary.
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A view of the Columbia River from Hood River, Oregon.
A view of the Columbia River flowing under the Astoria-Megler Bridge from Astoria, Oregon.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regions 8 and 10

For questions about the  Columbia River Basin Restoration Program , contact  Mary Lou Soscia  (soscia.marylou@epa.gov), 503-326-5873.

Photo Credits:

Cover Photo: Columbia River Estuary

Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership (LCEP)

Slide 1: Columbia River near

Mary Lou Soscia

Slide 2: The Astoria-Megler Bridge in the Columbia River Estuary near Astoria, OR

Mary Lou Soscia

Slide 4: Tribal Fishers at Celilo Falls

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)

Slide 5: Volunteers with the Blueprint Foundation

Blueprint Foundation

Slide 6: Tribal Member, Leonard Dave, scaffold fishing on the Klickitat R.

CRITFC

Slide 7: Sturgeon & toxics bioaccumulation/magnification

Oregon Department Fish & Wildlife; Council Oak

Slide 8: Salmon fillets

CRITFC

Slide 9: Salmon cooking around the fire

CRITFC

Slide 10: Legacy pesticide containers

Missoula Valley Water Quality District

Slide 11: Pills in palm of hand

Pikist

Slide 13: Toxic pathways graphic

Council Oak

Slide 14: What you can do to prevent toxic pollution graphic

Council Oak

Slide 15: Volunteers de-paving a parking lot

LCEP

Slide 16: October 2019 Columbia R. Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group Meeting Attendees

Peter Murchie

Slide 17: Youth in a canoe

BluePrint Foundation

Slide 18: Columbia River Gorge

U.S. Forest Service -- Pacific Northwest Region

Slide 19: Map of 2020 inaugural Columbia River Basin Restoration grants

U.S. EPA Region 10

Slide 35: Kayaker on the Spokane River

Ofelio Borges, Washington State Department of Agriculture