Less than a month after President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum revoking a Biden-era agreement regarding the potential removal of the Lower Snake River dams in southeastern Washington state, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have effectively ended any federal-level agency conversation that could lead to breaching the dams.
The Snake River in the Columbia Basin, from Clarkston to Pasco, contains four dams: Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite.
Environmental groups and several tribal interests have spent the last quarter-century advocating for the removal of the dams for the benefit of salmon and other native fish species.
Others have countered that the dams’ benefits – including reliable and affordable energy production, shipping channels, and irrigation water for agriculture – far outweigh any benefit from breaching them.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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