BPA

Late last month, several federal agencies, including the Army Corp of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and BPA signed an Environmental Impact Statement keeping the four lower Snake River dams in place. Last week, several environmental groups announced plans to file a suit against the federal government saying not enough was being done to protect salmon and steelhead at risk by those dams ... Read

On Friday, the federal government released it’s Final Environmental Impact Statement regarding the four lower Snake River dams. In the report, the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and BPA called for spilling more water over the dams at strategic times to help fish migrate faster. The ...

Starting Tuesday, the Bonneville Power Administration will comply with a court ruling demanding that spill flows be increased over the Snake and Columbia River dams.  The ruling has proven very unpopular with eastern Washington representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Dan Newhouse and other rural northwest lawmakers.  Th...