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What is the Working Snake River?

The Working Snake River (WSR) Project brings together businesses, conservationists, sportsmen, farmers, shippers, community leaders and citizens committed to restoring the lower Snake River corridor and wild salmon by replacing four outdated and costly dams with modern transportation systems, clean energy alternatives and the economic opportunities of a restored landscape. Read More (1.5 MB PDF)

Fact Sheets/Articles

Economics - General Overview:

Seattle Times guest opinion by Don Barbieri: Our Lawmakers can help hatch a vibrant future for salmon. September 4, 2007

Read the Op/Ed By Don Barbieri (42 KB)

Revenue Stream: An Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Removing the Four Dams on the Lower Snake RIver. Read the Report (380 KB) Read the Error Update of Revenue Stream (90 KB)

Rand Corporation Analysis on Wild Salmon and Clean Energy: Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest: Implications of Alternative Technologies. Read the Report (Overview) (27 KB)

Energy:

NW Energy Coalition Report, Replacing the Power from the Lower Snake dams Read the Report (170 KB)

Clean Energy Options for the Pacific NW: An Assessment of Efficiency and Renewable Potentials Through the Year 2020. Read the Report (614 KB)

Transportation:

Lower Snake River Transportation Study FInal Report

A report Prepared by BST Associates, June 2003 Read the Report (1.8 MB)

Fishing and Recreation Benefits:

The Potential Economic Impact of Restored Salmon and Steelhead Fishing in Idaho. An Economic Analysis by Ben Johnson Associates, Inc. Read the Report (1 MB)

Aging Dams:

Stuck in the Mud: Growing Flood Risk, Growing Costs with Keeping Lower Snake RIver Dams Read the Fact Sheet (1.4 MB)

Pressure Builds on Snake RIver Dams

Vancouver Columbian, April 15, 2007

By Erik Robinson Read the Article (46 KB)

Breaching Rises Again: Deepening Silt in Lower Granite Reservoirs Endangers Lewiston's Levees

Lewiston Morning Tribune, April 29, 2007

By Erik Barker Tribune Staff Writer Read the Article (72 KB)

History:

Early commercial fishing activity in Lewiston and Clarkston

Read the Article on the Grasser Family Fishing Camp (1.3 MB)

Early swimming beaches enjoyed before the construction of Lower Granite Dam

Read the Article on the Swimming Beaches of the Snake River (705 KB)

Salmon Science:

Recent Salmon Returns: A Missed Opportunity for Real Salmon Recovery. Save Our Wild Salmon Fact Sheet Read the Fact Sheet (340 KB)

Dams "Catch" More Salmon Than Fishermen: The Comparative Impact of Dams vs. Recreational and Commercial Fishing in the Columbia Basin. Read the Fact Sheet (64 KB)

Declines of Wild Snake River Salmon. Read the Fact Sheet (184 KB)

2005 Biological Opinion: a failed federal plan to save Snake River Basin salmon.

Read the Fact Sheet (612 KB)

American Fisheries Society, Policy Paper #32 on Dam removal

Read the Summary (64 KB)

Read the Full Paper (382 KB)

www.fisheries.org/afs/policy_statements.html

American Fisheries Society, Idaho Chapter Position Statement on lower Snake River Dams

Read the Paper (62 KB)

Idaho Chapter of American Fisheries Society: www.idahoafs.org

Statue Report: Columbia River Fish Runs and Fisheries, 1938-1999. By Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife & Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Read the Report (1.2 MB)

Climate Change:

A Great Wave Rising: Solutions for Columbia and Snake River Salmon in the Age of Global Warming. Read the Report (1.5 MB)

Misc News Articles:

Spokesman-Review guest Opinion by Dustin Aherin: Lower Snake Dams block Fish Progress.

Read the Op/Ed by Dustin Aherin (537 KB)

On the Snake RIver, Dams Natural Allies Seem to have a Change of Heart.

New York Times, May 13, 2007

By Felicity Barringer Read the NY Times Article (40 KB)

Plenty Magazine, December/January 2009, Issue 25

Activist in Residence Bill McKIbben writes about the environmental health of a nation and the plight of our salmon Read Bill McKibben's Column (879 KB)

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