MEDIA COVERAGE

July 28, 2025

Oxbow and Willamette sloughs at Minto-Brown treated for invasive species (Statesman Journal)

July 23, 2025

Backchannels and Frontlines: Exploring the Willamette River’s wild within reach, and why personal connection is the key to protecting Oregon’s most essential river (Ridgeline Magazine)

July 10, 2025

From mattresses to a Volkswagen bumper, volunteers clean up Willamette River (KGW)

April 21, 2025

What’s flowing into the Willamette? (The Daily Emerald)

March 29, 2025

Environmental groups sue Eugene utility, alleging failure to protect Chinook salmon, bull trout (OPB)

March 17, 2025

Conservationists Challenge Eugene Water and Electric Board with Violating Endangered Species Act (Oregon Wild)

March 6, 2025

Willamette Riverkeeper welcomes co-exec directors Emmons and King (The Chronicle)

February 7, 2025

Wild Vs. Hatchery: Court Rules Willamette Hatchery Summer Steelhead Harm Wild Winter Steelhead, Seeks Remedies (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

August 14, 2024

Time to set things right at Ross Island (The Oregonian)

July 24, 2024

'Drowning machines': Oregon's ongoing battle with little-known waterway killer (The Register-Guard)

May 26, 2024

Meet Willamette Riverkeepers New Executive Director (Lake Oswego Review)

April 22, 2024

State Proposes to Regulate Trash Under Clean Water Act (Willamette Week)

April 21, 2024

Oregon Could Put Limits on River Trash (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

April 10, 2024

Once Polluted Stretch of Willamette River has been Clean for Twenty Years. Why is it Still Off Limits? (Willamette Week)

April 1, 2024

Travis Williams to Leave Willamette Riverkeeper After 24 Years. (Willamette Week)

February 12, 2024

Meet Portland’s New Climate Villains (Locus Focus)

September 27, 2023

River Protectors want Pamplin to Fork Over Ross Island (Willamette Week)

July 26, 2023

Willamette Slough Restoration Enters Final Year (OPB)

October 5, 2022
Opponents fils lawsuit against large chicken operation in Linn County (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

September 28, 2022
Status of Three Large Populations of Western Pearlshell (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae: Margaritifera falcata) in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon (Northwest Science)

August 20, 2022
Beau Blixseth’s Tire Pile Along the Willamette River Is Legal The DEQ inspection came after a Portland resident told WW he went on a run past the terminal in July and encountered dust and the stench of rubber (Willamette Week)

August 2, 2022
State holds hearing on permit
for Foster Farms’ controversial slaughterhouse in Creswell (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

July 13, 2022
Latinx Paddle Promotes Mental Health Through Outdoor Activity (Statesman Journal)

June 7, 2022

Willamette Riverkeepers Put Spotlight on Garbage, DEQ (Corvallis Advocate)

June 6, 2022
Willamette Riverkeeper Petitions State to Regulate Trash and Debris on the River’s Banks (Willamette Week)

June 3, 2022

Overwhelmed by Willamette River trash, caretakers petition DEQ to accept responsibility (The Register-Guard)

May 23, 2022
Traveling the Willamette River Greenway (OPB’s Think Out Loud)

April 14, 2022
Where Eugene Meets The River (Eugene Weekly)

April 14, 2022
The Fight Against Factory Farms (Eugene Weekly)

January 14, 2022
Snag Boat Bend - A Tale of Restoration and Refuge (Video)

January 13, 2022
Forest Service Scraps Post Fire Logging Plan in Willamette National Forest (OPB)

January 4, 2022
Invasive Plant Gets Stranglehold at Minto Park in Salem (KOIN)

October 20, 2021
Plan for One of Oregon’s Largest Chicken Farms Draws Criticism; Hearing Set (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

May 27, 2021
Tear Gas, Meet Environmental Law (Sierra)

May 13, 2021
Canoeing the Willamette River Water Trail (Travel Oregon)

February 15, 2021
Study: Warmer Weather Will Increase Flooding in the Columbia River Basin this Century (OPB)

January 16, 2021
Op-Ed: Homeless Need Help Down by the Willamette River (Register Guard)

January 11, 2021
Groups Threaten to Sue Portland Oil Terminal Owner (OPB)

January 7th, 2021
AROUND OREGON: New push to draw tourism to 'clean, safe' Willamette River (Salem Reporter)

December 22, 2020
Lawsuit Seeks Reports on Willamette River Dams’ Structural Integrity (OPB)

October 27, 2020
Albany Faces Lawsuit Over Sewage Spill (Albany Democrat Herald)

October 20, 2020
Broad Coalition Sues Feds for Use of Chemical Weapons in Portland (ACLU Oregon)

New Lawsuit Targets Feds' Use of Riot Control Agents in Portland (Portland Tribune)

April 22, 2020
On the 50th anniversary, coronavirus in Oregon makes for an Earth Day like no other (The Oregonian)

February 13, 2020
Feds Say Willamette River Wake Surfing Could Harm Salmon (OPB)