Trump revoked Biden-era policies aimed at breaching WA Snake River dams. Supporters cite dam removal risks to energy reliability, trade and costs. Opponents warn reversal threatens salmon recovery and ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s recent remarks on the Lower Snake River dams and claim that dam removal would be “going backward” ignores decades of research showing that restoring a free-flowing ...

The December 2025 floods in Washington state heavily damaged the fish habitat here in the Northwest region. It is probable that most chinook, pink salmon and chum eggs laid in the watersheds of the ...

For years, the debate over the lower Snake River dams has been driven by political promises rather than practical realities. Recently, Washington State University offered a rare moment of clarity in ...

Lower Snake River dams now offset 75% of Washington's wind and solar power. Spring Chinook salmon returns rose from 1,105 in 1995 to over 53,000 in 2025. Federal study supports dam retention, citing ...

The first Columbia River Hot Water Report of 2025 tells a sickening tale. Salmon need cool, free-running rivers to survive. A series of hot, stagnant lakes behind dams just won’t cut it, but per the ...

WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago in June, elected officials gathered in Lewiston to celebrate a remarkable feat: With the completion of the Lower Snake River dams, a $1 billion project had effectively ...

President Trump signed a memo intended to save the lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington on Thursday, reversing Biden administration actions that helped support efforts to remove the ...

Marchers call for the removal of Snake River dams to aid in salmon recovery during the Stop Salmon Extinction rally and march on the Capitol Campus in Olympia, Washington, in 2022. Tony Overman ...