The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) released a statement August 26 in response to the Final Lower Snake River Dams Benefit Replacement Report and recommendations recently released by Sen. Read More
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Members of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB), along with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, met in Walla Walla, Wash., August 16 for… Read More
The fight over the 14 dams in the Columbia River Basin and whether to breach some of them to benefit migrating salmon and steelhead is far from over. It has… Read More
Long before European settlers arrived on the Columbia and Snake rivers, the waterways were important transportation corridors for the native peoples. When the Lewis and Clark expedition traveled down the… Read More
A letter of concern signed by a broad coalition of more than 40 agricultural groups, ports and other river stakeholders along the Columbia/Snake river system is opposing a plan to… Read More
Barging interests, the wheat growers who depend on barge transportation and businesses in the Pacific Northwest who benefit from cheap, clean hydropower are among those are reacting to a proposal… Read More
Barging interests, the wheat growers who depend on barge transportation and businesses in the Pacific Northwest who benefit from cheap, clean hydropower are among those are reacting to a proposal… Read More
A group representing environmental lawyers has filed notice of intent to sue the federal government, including the Corps of Engineers, over its decision not to dismantle locks and dams on… Read More
The Columbia River System Operations final environmental impact statement (EIS) was released July 31. It declined to recommend the closure and decommissioning of the four lower Snake River dams, as desired… Read More
A draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Columbia River System, the culmination of a years-long process, rejected calls to breach dams on the lower Snake River. The Corps of… Read More