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 →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 barrel dams on the lower Snake River (in Washington State). This judicial fight has gone on for a decade. Redden plays the game carefully, however. […]
Continue Reading →The fish is in serious trouble due to dams on the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers
The Pacific Lamprey had seen drastic declines in population over the last few decades and is quickly becoming a rare sight. Last year it was estimated that only 30,000 crossed Bonneville Dam, down from 350 million to 400 million […]
Continue Reading →Botulism outbreak at American Falls Reservoir is slowing down after a massive kill-
Die-offs due to botulism are often the result of standing, shallow, deoxygenated water on top of what are usually mud flats in late season. This is the indirect effect of the wet year in SE Idaho. Less water was needed from the […]
Continue Reading →Thirteen rivers and creeks in the headwaters were protected by the Omnibus Public Lands Bill-
Forest staff to implement Snake protections. By The Associated Press. Billings Gazette.
Because the point of the bill is to keep things the way they are, keeping things the way they are doesn’t require a great amount of work […]
Continue Reading →Larry Craig said to drop his opposition to protecting the Snake River in Wyoming-
Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, and especially idaho Senator Larry Craig, have dropped their opposition to the bill by Wyoming’s two U. S. senators to protect the Snake River and its headwaters tributaries as parts of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers […]
Continue Reading →Protection for the Snake River and the Wyoming Range mountains still coming?
This popular bill to keep the drilling rigs out of the steep, unstable, scenic Wyoming Range, south of Jackson Hole has stalled due to the election campaign.
It looks like there’s going to be a lame duck session of Congress. Harry Reid says […]
Continue Reading →Owyhees bill hits a new snag. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman.
Efforts to move the headwaters of the Snake River into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System could derail Idaho Senator Mike Crapo’s Owyhees bill.
Once again the person troubling Crapo is Idaho’s other “more famous” senator, Larry Craig.
Craig who voted against […]
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