Interior Dept., Waterways Association Spar Over Breaching Lower Snake River Dams
Federal criticism of the negative impact of hydropower dams and a call for affordable, clean energy options to aid restoration of restore wild fish to the Columbia River Basin is being challenged by a trade association with extensive interests in three Pacific Northwest states.
The Biden administration on June 18 announced creation of the Columbia River Task Force and release of a landmark report acknowledging the harm that federal dams have continued to inflict on Native American tribes in the region.
The interagency task force advances a historic agreement to work in partnership with tribes and states from the Pacific Northwest to restore wild salmon populations in the Columbia River Basin and develop a long-term strategy to meet the clean energy, transportation and other key n...