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Fundamental Flaws

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Salmon Surrogate Study: Inflated survival rate of Chinook

Appendix 1.2 – Snake River Endangered Salmon White Paper The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires both survival and recovery of Snake River listed wild salmon stocks.1 A plethora of National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS,” aka NOAA Fisheries Service) and independent research clearly establishes that hatchery produced displacement of wild fish

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Commercial Navigation on the Lower Snake River

January 2019 By Jim Waddell, Civil Engineer, PE USACE Retired The 2002 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Lower Snake River Programmatic Sediment Management Plan (LSRPSMP) created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) erroneously claimed that maintenance of the lower Snake River navigation channel provides an annual savings

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Request for U.S. Department of Energy Inspector General Investigation of Waste of Federal Funds and Violations of Other Violations of Other Federal Laws by Scofflaw Culture in Upper Management of Bonneville Power Administration

February 28, 2013 Submitted by Northwest Resource Information Center This document provides documentation of Bonneville Power Administration upper management’s calculated profligate waste of federal funds and scofflaw behavior vis-à-vis operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System which, contrary to law, decimated Snake River Basin anadromous fish (herein “salmon”), drove

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Waddell Amicus Brief Seeks Immediate Dam Breaching

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

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Problematic Origins

Initial proposals and rejections, plus objections during construction.

Political Nonsense

Influence of pro-dam lobby and propagation of myths.

Unsustainable Future

Push back against salmon population spin.

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