Ecological Harm
Transportation Methods, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and the Lower Snake River Reservoirs
January 2017 By John Twa, Mechanical Engineer The four lower Snake River locks and dams were completed in the 1960’s and 1970’s after congressional authorization to provide river navigation to eastern Washington and Lewiston, Idaho. Each of the four, 100 foot high dams created flatwater reservoirs with sufficient depth to
Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Lower Snake River Dams and Reservoirs using the All-Res Modeling Tool
By Tell The Dam Truth, Inc. The four Lower Snake River dams, reservoirs, and their hydropower systems (“LSR dams”) – Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and Ice Harbor – in the state of Washington have been at the center of national controversy in recent months. Because the dams block
Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower complexes on large rivers in Eastern Washington
March 2013 By EV Arntzen • S Niehus • BL Miller • M Richmond • AC O’Toole Inland water bodies, such as freshwater lakes, are known to be net emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). In recent years, significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from tropical, boreal, and mid-latitude
Economic Waste
Lower Snake River Dam Alternative Power Costs
June 2015 Prepared by Rocky Mountain Econometrics, Anthony Jones In early 2015 Idaho Rivers United asked Rocky Mountain Econometrics (RME) to bring its expertise to the subject and revisit the FREIS for the purpose of calculating the cost of replacing the energy produced by the LSRD in current (2015) dollars.
The Costs of Keeping the Four Lower Snake River Dams: A Reevaluation of the Lower Snake River Feasibility Report
July 2015 Prepared by Jim Waddell and Linwood Laughy In its 2002 Lower SnakeRiver Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Report, the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vastly understated the costs of maintaining and operating four dams on the lower Snake River in eastern Washington State. The
Regional Economic Analysis of the Four Lower Snake River Dams
February 2016 By Johnny Mojica, Research Analyst, Earth Economics Ken Cousins, PhD, Ecological Economist, Earth Economics Tania Briceno, PhD, Ecological Economist, Earth Economics This report estimates the number of jobs that will be provided by outdoor recreation spending in the six southeast Washington counties along the LSR as a result
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
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
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
Real Solutions
Summary of Key Executive Branch Considerations for 2016 Breach on Lower Granite Dam Followed by Remaining 3 Lower Snake River Dams each Year
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
Using the 2002 EIS to Breach the Dams
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
Update: 5 Means for Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams
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