Click here for Town Hall Seattle event on May 4th 2016: Killer Whales, Salmon, Taxes, and LSR Dams, The Last Best Chance for Salmon. If you haven’t already seen the documentary film Dam Nation with its’ majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries about dam culture, don’t miss this one! It’s also a great chance to hear directly from Jim […]
A new report published by Earth Economics pegs the four lower Snake River dams’ benefit-cost ratio at 0.15. Read the press release here. Link to the reports below. National Economic Analysis of the Four Lower Snake River Dams Regional Economic Dev Summary, Reevaluation, Lower Snake Dams Recreational Benefits of Breaching the Four Lower Snake River Dams […]
Published on Whale & Dolphin Conservation March 10, 2016 Read article in full here…
Originally published in the March/April 2000 edition of Sierra Magazine By David James Duncan Click here to read this article in full…
Groundbreaking research finds that imperiled Chinook salmon are crucial to the survival of Southern Resident orcas. Published on takepart and Yahoo News Jan. 15, 2016 The survival of the world’s most endangered killer whales may hinge on whether another species threatened with extinction can also be saved. A new study has definitively shown for the first […]
Eric Barker Lewiston Tribune Dec. 30, 2015 Idaho’s vertical geography may give salmon, steelhead and other native fish a fighting chance as climate change continues to alter their habitat for the worse. Scientists say resident fish like cutthroat trout and bull trout will still have plenty of clean, cool water in the Gem State. The […]
Idaho Statesman / Guest Opinion By Don Chapman Dec. 7, 2015 Propagandists for the lower four Snake River dams like to depict recent salmon returns as “record runs.” Most recently, Lt. Col. Tim Vail, of the Corps of Engineers, spoke of “record” salmon runs when he touted dam benefits. This self-serving assessment demands careful review. “Record runs” […]
Some five billion hatchery salmon and steelhead are released into the North Pacific each year, including fish from 155 salmon, steelhead and trout hatcheries in the Northwest. But it’s the natural populations of fish that biologists believe to be the most resilient to climate change, according to a series of oral presentations at the 145th […]
Americans have been building dams to harness rivers for energy production, irrigation, flood control and water storage since the late 1800s. To fuel a growing appetite for electricity, dam building reached a crescendo around World War II. At the time, hydropower provided three-quarters of the West’s electricity and one-third of the country’s, according to the […]
More info can be found here. This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go […]