Breaching the Snake River dams may offer the best shot at ensuring a healthy future for salmon in the Columbia Basin. Can a grand bargain be reached t.
The legal battle continues after latest federal plan approves status quo hydro operations
Contacts
Brett VandenHeuvel, bv@columbiariverkeeper.org, (503) 348-2436 (contact about hot water)
Glen Spain (PCFFA), fish1ifr@aol.com (541) 689-2000 Portland, OR
Today, Earthjustice on behalf of a coalition of fishing and conservation groups returned to court to challenge the latest federal plan for hydropower operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. This latest plan was developed in a rush by the outgoing Trump administration and it green-lights essentially the same operations the courts have consistently rejected for more than two decades and through a half dozen different failed efforts. This is the eighth incarnation of this long legal fight to restore endangered salmon and steelhead.