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McMorris Rodgers Asks EPA To Look Into Puget Sound Pollution
McMorris Rodgers Asks EPA To Look Into Puget Sound Pollution
On Thursday, Eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers asked the EPA to look into Puget Sound pollution.  McMorris Rodgers said during a Thursday hearing that it’s not the Snake River dams that are the problem when it comes to the Puget Sound orcas, but rather western Washington.  She said Gover...
Myers: Data Does Not Show Removing Snake River Dams Will Help Salmon Populations
Myers: Data Does Not Show Removing Snake River Dams Will Help Salmon Populations
Those who support removing the four lower Snake River dams say those dams are hindering salmon, which in turn hurts Puget Sound orcas that feed on the salmon.  However, Todd Myers, Director of the Center for the Environment with the Washington Policy Center said there is no scientific evidence that removing those dams will help salmon, or any other wildlife that call the Snake home.  My... Read Mo
Tribes Want Dams Removed
Tribes Want Dams Removed
Two Northwest tribes are calling for the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River.  On Monday, the Lummi Nation and the Yakama Nation said the U.S. government violated a treaty from 1855 when it built the concrete dams on the lower Columbia River.  Th...
Tribes Want Dams Removed
Two Northwest tribes are calling for the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River.  On Monday, the Lummi Nation and the Yakama Nation said the U.S. government violated a treaty from 1855 when it built the concrete dams on the lower Columbia River.  Th...
DOE Looking At Increasing Spill Over Columbia, Snake River Dams
DOE Looking At Increasing Spill Over Columbia, Snake River Dams
The Washington Department of Ecology is looking at changing water quality standards to help migrating juvenile salmon.  Dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers may be allowed to spill more water to assist fish in the area.  Ecology has proposed changing the water quality standard for Total Dissolved Gas during the spring spill season.   “...
DOE Looking At Increasing Spill Over Columbia, Snake River Dams
The Washington Department of Ecology is looking at changing water quality standards to help migrating juvenile salmon.  Dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers may be allowed to spill more water to assist fish in the area.  Ecology has proposed changing the water quality standard for Total Dissolved Gas during the spring spill season.   “Inc...
Walsh: Removing Dams Has Nothing To Do With Orcas
Walsh: Removing Dams Has Nothing To Do With Orcas
Aberdeen Republican Jim Walsh said Water Management Issues will be one of the biggest topics the Ag community needs to follow this session.  Many, including Governor Jay Inslee have called for the removal of the dams in an effort to save migrating salmon.  Bu...