Now could the 4 dams clogging the lower Snake River be removed?
The 105 feet high Elwha Dam and the 210 foot high Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River will soon come down. There was a big celebration at Port Angeles, Washington. I can’t wait to see the return of salmon to this coastal river. [...]
Continue Reading →Despite public outcry and negative vote by WY Water Development Commission, cattle assn, county commissions continue to push dam-
Few people seem to like the proposal to build a dam on the upper Green River above Warren Bridge. The state Water Development Commission voted 7-1 against it, but powerful interest groups are trying sidestep public [...]
Continue Reading →Harmed by the effects of the Libby Dam, the Kootenai River sturgeon haven’t spawned for 35 years now-
North America’s biggest fish slips toward extinction. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press.
This might sound a little confusing, but apparently the way to reduce the threat of the Green Valley Dam failing after heavy rains is to shore up the Howard Hanson Dam upstream. The article says this will reduce the chances of Green Valley failing to 1 in 25 this winter.
A failure would flood a [...]
Continue Reading →Calls Dam Breaching a “Last Resort”
“The administration’s passing reference to dam breaching as a ‘contingency of last resort’ defers all necessary economic, infrastructure and other studies, making this ‘contingency’ an illusion,” said Samuel N. Penney, the chairman of the Nez Perce American Indian Tribe, which has traditionally fished the Columbia.
Continue Reading →The long term effects of global warming, and desertification of the West examined. Exporting the water to the urban areas means exporting the rural areas’ soil to the East.
Livestock grazing, water mining, dams, all serving to desertify the West which ends up blowing, in the form of dust, to the East causing snow to [...]
Continue Reading →Looks like the agency and groups are jumping off the wall. Good!
Story about this idiot proposal. By Jessica Mayrer. Bozeman Chronicle staff writer
Continue Reading →Dam breaching an option to protect salmon, a U.S. District judge says - Idaho Stateman
It’s looking like judges, relatively speaking, are more apt to uphold the law and insist that the right thing be done, even when both parties feel it more politically prudent to try to wiggle around it. Too bad we [...]
Continue Reading →Is the Third Time a Charm?
Perhaps no person has more control over the fate of Columbia River salmon and dams today than a 79-year-old Red Sox fan who doesn’t fish or much care for the taste of salmon. U.S. District Judge James Redden is expected to rule as early as next month in the [...]
Continue Reading →In October, Ralph commented on Larry Craig dropping his opposition to protecting the Snake River in Wyoming. A change of heart from an Idaho politician renowned for his anti-environmentalist zeal ? Not quite. The bill is lumped with a bunch of bills in the massive Omnibus public lands bill. The motivation for Craig’s “turnabout” [...]
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