PORTLAND, Ore. -- The comment period for the draft Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement comes to end on Monday. The report was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration and…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river in a last-ditch effort to save more than a dozen species of threatened or endangered salmon,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse has invited Oregon Governor Kate Brown to visit one of the lower Snake River dams, days after Gov. Brown voiced support for breaching them. Rep. Newhouse (R-WA 4th District) sent a letter to…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The governor of Oregon has come out in favor of removing four hydroelectric dams on the Snake River in Washington state, saying that is the best way to increase endangered salmon runs. Gov. Kate Brown, a…
The draft report of Governor Inslee's state-funded study on the Snake River dams is now available to the public.The state legislature provided funding to the governor's office in the 2019-21 operating budget to fund The Snake River Dams Stakeholder Engagement…
