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 […]
Judge Redden rules against Obama’s salmon recovery plan
Federal judge rejects federal salmon plan once again as he did with Obama’s predecessors- The judge said Obama’s plan sucks too, and he raises the specter of breaching the pork […]
Bonneville Power Administration's disinformation on salmon recovery
“Salmon success recasts debate,” headline reads. . . an odd way of defining “success”- BPA’s spin cloaks its role in blocking real salmon recovery. By Ed Chaney. Idaho Statesman
Resurgent Northwest salmon show dam ‘spill’ is better than barging
The fish do better in the river than they do in a barge. I’m not really a fan of Rocky Barker because I think he is biased towards the collaborative […]
Hatch-22: The Problem with the Pacific Salmon Resurgence
More salmon but more of them are of hatchery origin The proportion of hatchery versus wild Pacific salmon has risen to 1 in 5 with an overall production of 5 […]
Obama, like Bush, seems to be stifling salmon science
Manipulation of science remains the same or worse. In the first year and a half of the Obama Administration nothing has really changed with regard to environmental policy across several […]
Idaho sockeye numbers cause for hope
Another good year for Idaho’s sockeye salmon? 134,000 164,000 sockeye have crossed Bonneville Dam which is more than 3 times the 10-year average. Most of those are heading to lakes […]
Let's really talk about taking down those Snake River dams
The merits of dam removal discussed. There has been an ongoing discussion about the removal of the Lower Snake River dams for many years, in fact, there was opposition to […]