columbia snake river dams

Earlier this week, several federal agencies signs the Environmental Impact Statement regarding management of the Columbia and Snake River systems. The draft EIS, which was released earlier this year, said removing the Snake River dams would destabilize the power grid and increase greenhouse emissions ...

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...

Because of the Columbia-Snake River EAS litigation, the study looking at the economic impact of removing the four lower Snake River dams, local irrigators have responded.  Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association has developed a Risk Mitigation Response Alternative to protect assets from adverse economic impacts caused by dam breaching and project pool draw downs.  CS...

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...

The consulting firm looking at how removing the Snake River dams could impact the Central and Eastern Washington economies have announced workshops to discuss the proposal.  Hearings were initially scheduled for Vancouver and Clarkston for early next year; the exact dates were not given.  Ho...

The fight over the Columbia and Snake Rivers dams continues back in D.C.  On Wednesday, eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers went before the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, and addressed the need to keep the dams as the U.S. strives...

The fight over the Columbia and Snake Rivers dams continues back in D.C.  On Wednesday, eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers went before the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, and addressed the need to keep the dams as the U.S. strives...

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...

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...

The Inland Northwest farming community spent much of 2019 hot under the collar, primarily because of Governor Jay Inslee’s decision to allocate $750,000 in state funds to a study looking at the economic impact of removing the lower Snake River dams.  Sta...