Tag Archives: dams

From the Tri-City Herald/Todd Myers It has been fifty years since the four dams on the Lower Snake River were completed. Originally built to provide transportation, they now create the equivalent of 75 percent of all wind and solar power in Washington state, helping balance those intermittent resources across the Pacific Northwest. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

From the Spokesman-Review As a former farmer who spent decades working the land and depending on it to feed my family and others, I know firsthand what real conservation looks like. It’s not found in news releases or political campaigns … Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

Next week, a group of upper Mississippi River stakeholders will be traveling Marine Highway 84, from Astoria, Ore., to Lewiston, Idaho, to see firsthand the critical role the river system plays in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. “Last year, a group of Columbia-Snake River System advocates spent a week traveling the length of the Mississippi River to understand the challenges ... Read More »

From the East Oregonian “We are pleased to see the Trump administration step back from any actions that might lead to the potential breaching of the lower Snake River dams,” said Michelle Hennings, executive director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers. “The MOU was flawed from the beginning when it was negotiated in secret and excluded many of the ... Read More »

The White House caught wind of WAWG Executive Director Michelle Henning’s statement yesterday about revoking the prior administration’s agreement on the Columbia River Basin and posted it to their website: Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Michelle Hennings, Executive Director: “The livelihood of Washington wheat growers and rural communities depends on their ability to utilize key benefits from the Columbia River ... Read More »

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) applauds today’s Presidential Memorandum revoking the Dec. 14, 2023, Memorandum of Understanding filed by the Biden administration.  “We appreciate the efforts of the Trump administration to ensure that the dams remain intact while protecting the integrity of the river system and salmon populations. Washington’s wheat industry relies on the continued operation of dams ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The U.S. Energy Secretary recently said he is “passionately in support” of the lower Snake River dams remaining in place. “They’ve been tremendous assets for decades,” Secretary Chris Wright said. “We should not spend money to go backwards to reduce our energy-generating capacity, particularly of such high-value electricity as that from those dams.” Rep. Dan Newhouse ... Read More »

From the Capital Press Legislation proposed by Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., is designed to preserve and protect the four lower Snake River dams. The Northwest Energy Security Act directs the federal Columbia River power system to operate in alignment with the “2020 Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision,” which found that ... Read More »

From the Capital Press A coalition of regional power, navigation and agricultural organizations is asking the federal government to withdraw its decision to initiate new environmental reviews of the Columbia and Snake River dams, announced Dec. 18. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

A coalition of regional leaders calls on the federal government to withdraw its decision to initiate new environmental reviews of the Columbia and Snake River dams. The coalition contends that a new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis would be both premature and unlawful, warning that it would be incomplete and could mislead the public about these dams’ vital role in ... Read More »