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
Claims of Sustained Peaking, Ramping, Reserve, Flexibility and Balancing Power from the lower Snake River Dams; What Is Feasible?
December 2020 (Updated); March 2020 (Original) Prepared by Jim Waddell, Civil Engineer, Retired USACE and PUD Commissioner*, Chris Pinney, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Retired USACE John Twa, Mechanical Engineer Edited by Nina Sarmiento, Binghamton University BS Ecology This paper examines the claim that “the four lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs) can
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
Policy & Factual Points for Breaching the Four Lower Snake River Dams
Printable PDF The four Lower Snake River dams with their warm slack water reservoirs are killing what is left of the salmon and the river. By 1999 the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) had determined that to recover ESA-listed Snake River spring/summer Chinook, the most risk averse action would include
Fourteen Fatal Flaws of the Columbia River Systems Operations Draft Environmental Impact Statement
By Nina Sarmiento & Jim Waddell for Dam Sense Peaking, Ramping, Balancing, & Reserve hydropower benefits of the Lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs). – Claimed over 2,000 MW with a value of $966 million for replacement cost. – Inconsistent with claimed 15 MW in 2002 EIS, Waddell et al. 2020
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
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