Special thanks to Linwood Laughy for this post. March 20, 2017 “Alternative Facts” and the Lower Snake River Dams Propaganda—information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view New Oxford American Dictionary The Corps of Engineers and special interest lobbying groups are […]
A dangerous Senate Joint Memorial (SJM 8004) has been introduced and passed by the Washington state senate in 2017. It has not been passed by the house, where it will hopefully die. The Memorial seeks to have certain federal officials prevent the breaching of any dam in the Columbia River system, including the 4 lower […]
Inland barging, like that which takes place on the Columbia and lower Snake Rivers, has been advertised as the greenest form of transportation of goods from inland ports. Comparisons with rail and truck show less fossil fuel consumption by barges and thus less greenhouse gas emissions. But new scientific evidence is showing that a key component […]
In 2002, after conducting a seven year, $33 million dollar comprehensive study, the Army Corps of Engineers found that breaching the four lower Snake River dams had the highest probability of meeting the government’s salmon survival and recovery criteria. In contrast, the Corps found that transporting fish around the dams and constructing expensive hardware improvements to […]
Opinion piece in the Moscow/Pullman Daily News His View: The ‘prosperity’ from Lower Snake River dams By Linwood Laughy Nov 7, 2016 In 1973 residents of Idaho’s Clearwater Valley were told their prospects for prosperity rose with each foot of slackwater filling the reservoir behind the Lower Granite Dam. Waterborne commerce would flourish, and Idaho’s […]
The recent election has emboldened many who believe in big dam thinking, continuance of fossil fuel and dirty energy source exploitation. Visible push back from some elected officials, some press and some editorials in dam country is emerging with a vengeance. That makes public pressure to breach the lower Snake River dams during the upcoming […]
Given last night’s election results many of you may have laid down arms and think it is all over for getting these dams down. Trump as president was not an unforeseen obstacle although it certainly makes it tougher. But let’s keep our eyes on the goal during the last two minutes of the Obama Administration. […]
As you all know by now, the death of J28 Polaris has been announced by the Center for Whale Research and the probable death of J54 Dipper is nearly certain. For such a solemn announcement, it was important to have a large number of press to understand the starvation situation facing the Southern Residents and […]
Please attend this important PRESS CONFERENCE regarding the Puget Sound orcas. This is a press conference being put on by The Center for Whale Research. Ken Balcomb, Deborah Giles, Howard Garrett, Carol Ray and Jeff Ventre will all be in attendance. We would like as many people as possible to show up in support of […]
Jim’s message is in response to this Oregon Fish and Wildlife Facebook post: Folks, once again the Feds have got you guys blaming each other, sea lions, birds, you name it. There is a solution waiting in the wings that the Corps of Engineers, BPA and NOAA Fisheries have been hiding because they want to […]