Real Solutions

Prepared by Jim Waddell The operable Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for these four projects/dams contains dam breaching as the only remaining alternative. Given the Courts rejections over the last 14 years of all the Biological Opinions that were written to support non-breach alternatives in this EIS, the only alternative that is reasonable and prudent is […]

The Army Corps of Engineers Is Within Its Authority to Breach the Lower Snake River Dams this Year Using the 2002 Environmental Impact Statement ( EIS )   Using the 2002 EIS to breach the 4 lower Snake River dams Printable PDF In the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under which the Army Corps of Engineers […]

October 2018 Prepared by Jim Waddell This paper outlines five existing, essential components or “means” which the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) can utilize to immediately breach the four Lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs). In doing so, the Corps and BPA will avoid financial and biological losses, decrease power […]

September 2017 Prepared by Jim Waddell This paper lays out five existing essential components or means that the US Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) can utilize immediately to avoid further financial and biological losses created by the four Lower Snake River Dams (4 LSRDs). The focus is on policy, […]

Spring 2022 Prepared by Elizabeth Dunne This article takes an in depth look at the legal landscape applicable to the exercise of executive branch authority in the context of breaching the four dams on the lower Snake River. It demonstrates how executive authority can play an important role when it comes to addressing the climate […]

August 2024 It is a common misconception that the four lower Snake River dams cannot be breached without new Congressional appropriations. To the contrary, the Bonneville Power Administration can use the Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. §839–839h, to fund breaching of the lower Snake River dams. Learn how by reading our short paper HERE. View Full […]

December 2020 Prepared by Jim Waddell, Civil Engineer, USACE Retired, John Twa., ME., Chris Pinney, Fish Biologist USACE Walla Walla, Retired This report outlines various mitigation features that will or could be required upon breaching the four lower Snake River dams (LSRDs). Mitigation is based on the assumption that all four dams are breached by […]

An amicus curiae (“friend of court”) is not a party to the legal case. Amicus briefs are meant to provide additional information, expertise or insight to the court to assist with decision-making. An Amicus brief filed by Jim Waddell and a collective of experts – Chris Pinney, Deborah Giles, Ken Balcomb, and Rod Sando – […]