The final report from NOAA on rebuilding salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia basin is out; among other actions, it calls for the removal of the four lower Snake River dams. FOX13
on rebuilding salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia basin is out; among other actions, it calls for the removal of the four lower Snake River dams.
The strategies are wide-ranging, but breaching the four lower Snake River dams is the most controversial part, due in large part to economic benefits of the dams including power generation, moving farm goods via barge and irrigation. . That means finding funding to not only remove the dams, but to offset the positives the dams provide."The question is, ‘How do we get it done,’ that should be our focus," said Rob Masonis, Trout Unlimited’s vice president of Western conservation. "We should be shifting from a focus of whether the Snake River dams need to be removed to how do we do it in a way that keeps communities whole, and a way that replaces the benefits the dams currently provide.
The price tag, however, will be steep—a previous draft report indicated the cost would likely land between $10 and $27 billion.While Masonis is ready to move on, others aren’t settling on dam removal as the only option forward. "We’re disappointed with the outcome, but ultimately it doesn’t do anything legally," said Miller. "I don’t even think, from a policy perspective, it advances dam breaching."
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