On April 24, 2023, the Clallam County Public Utilities District passed a landmark resolution “Supporting Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams (LSRD) to Aid Recovery of Threatened and Endangered Salmon, Steelhead and Southern Resident Orca, Provide Justice to Northwest Tries, and Investment in a Sustainable, Equitable Future.” Clallam PUD is the first to pass a […]

As support for executive action to breach the lower Snake River dams grows, the published law review article “The US President and Army Corps’ Discretion and Authority with Regard to Executive Action in Furtherance of Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams” provides an in depth analysis of the legal basis for doing so. You can read […]

As fish returned to spawning grounds on the Snake River this year, they passed through eight dams and were counted through a PIT tag detection system at Lower Granite Dam. Fish counted in 2021 reflect the enduring decline of salmonids in the river, with sustained negative implications for the food chain they are a part […]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chief of Engineers Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite comments on Jim Waddell’s letter at the Chief’s Environmental Advisory Board meeting in Pittsburgh, October 2016. (29m, reference to letter from Mr Waddell begins at 3m:15s) Supporting documentation: Letter from Jim Waddell to Lieutenant General Todd Semonite, June 2016 Policy Considerations Summary, March 2016 […]

Jim Waddell’s talk begins at the 28 min 30 sec mark of this hour long program. Discussion about the four Lower Snake River Dams includes; the economics, benefits of a free flowing river, hydropower oversupply, navigation decline, costs of dam maintenance, fish mortality, regional leadership, endangered Southern Resident orcas and more! (17m) 3.2.2017  

Hear Jim Waddell, retired 35 year US Army Corp Engineer, explain why we need to breach the lower Snake River dams and how we can do it this year.  

View Jim’s Talk: Part 1 and Part 2 Aired September 26, 2018

Aired Sept. 7, 2018

Aired Sept. 7, 2018