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 Stories About: Snake River
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Salmon and Denial-Ah
Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy |
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27 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Salmon and Denial-Ah Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy In a strongly worded opinion, U.S. District Judge James Redden yesterday ruled that the Bush administration's salmon-protection plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest is "contrary to law" because it doesn't take into account how dams affect the fish's chances of recovery. This is ... |
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| Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, news, Pacific Northwest, Snake River (all these topics) |
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Snake Oil
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05 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Snake Oil Federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest have been spilling oil directly into the waterways on which they sit, in amounts ranging from a trickle to, in one case, 1,000 gallons. Oregon and Washington state authorities have been trying to get a handle on the problem, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is stonewalling. Arguing that it's a matter of nation ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Columbia River, Snake River, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Out, Damn Dam!
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21 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Out, Damn Dam! The Bush administration last week proposed the breaching of a hydroelectric dam near Missoula, Mont. -- yep, you read that right. It's not one of the four dams on the Snake River that enviros want to tear down in order to restore salmon runs, but it's in the same region. The Milltown Dam blocks migration of threatened bull trout and traps dangerous toxics from ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, Montana, politics, rivers and watersheds, Snake River, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Infamous Potatoes
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23 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Infamous Potatoes In keeping with her pattern of deferring to the positions of elected officials in the West, U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton has recommended that the U.S. Justice Department not appeal a ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court that denies water rights for a federal wildlife refuge on the Snake River. In the past, the U.S. has almost always defended its water rights to protect wildlife ... |
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| Topics: green living, Idaho, Snake River, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Dam! An Agency Breaches the Public Trust
Why hasn't the National Marine Fisheries Service called for the removal of the lower Snake River dams? |
Rob Masonis |
13 Dec 2000 |
Soapbox |
| Passions run high in the Pacific Northwest over whether to remove four large federal dams on the lower Snake River to recover the river's imperiled wild salmon and steelhead (a.k.a. sea-run rainbow trout). The Snake once produced more salmon and steelhead than any other river in the vast Columbia River basin -- over 2 million f ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, fishing, hydropower, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Northwest, Snake River (all these topics) |
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