dam removal

NOAA Fisheries Wednesday announced $105 million in funding for 36 new fish passage projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  The announcement includes significant funding to implement fish passage projects that meet tribal priorities and build tribal organizational capacity to support their role as stewards of tribal resources.    ...

Plans to remove four Pacific Corps hydro-electric dams in the lower Klamath River made a big step Friday.  Pacific Powers’ Tom Gauntt said the environmental impact statement released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission provides guidance for the future.   “It sp...

Thanks to the recent announcement by the Biden Administration, as well as Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray, conversations over removing the Snake River dams have intensified.  Michelle Hennings, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers said breaching of those four dams would be detrimental to local wheat growers, and the American ag industry as a who

Oregon State University begins a unique partnership this month, joining a local tribe to study the impact of removing four Klamath River dams.  Removing the dams built between 1918 and 1962 will be a massive undertaking. “By a number of measures, it is the largest restoration, the largest dam removal in history, globally.” Water...

On Tuesday, Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Idaho senator Jim Risch sent a series of letters to ten federal agencies involved in looking at plans to breach the Lower Snake River dams. The agencies, which include NOAA Fisheries, the U ...

Last week, Representative Dan Newhouse served as a keynote speaker at the Andrus Center for Public Policy’s 2021 Environmental Conference at Boise State University. The Conference, “Energy, Salmon, Agriculture and Community” focused on the survival of salmon, energy production and economic development across the Pacific Northwest. Other key note ...

How much would it cost to remove the Snake River dams?  According to a recent report, more than you might think.   A recent study commissions by the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association said removing the four Lower Snake River dams to improve salmon runs would cost $2.3 billion...

The Washington Policy Center recently conducted a poll to see what people know about the Snake River dams, and their willingness to remove those dams.  WPC conducted its poll November 18th through the 21st, asking Washingtonians what they know about the Snake River dams and their interest in helping migrating salmon.  Ac...

As some look to have dams removed in the name of the environment, many in the Ag community are off the sidelines, defending the dams and what they’ve done for the Inland Northwest and beyond.  One of those is Cathy McMorris Rodgers.   T...

Those in Central Washington that want to make their voice heard regarding a recent study on the potential removal of the Snake River dams will have an opportunity to do so come January.  It was announced Thursday that the third hearing of the study commissioned by Governor Jay Inslee will take place January 13th at the Pasco Red Lion.  ...