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IWF In The News: LTE - 'Blatant Misdirection' (Mortality and The Lower Snake River Dams)
Read ‘Blatant Misdirection (Mortality and the Lower Snake River Dams’ in the Lewiston Tribune
UPDATE: FINAL NOAA REPORT REITERATES Breaching Lower Snake River Dams Essential
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explicitly identifies breaching the lower Snake River dams as acton with highest potential to return Idaho’s Chinook salmon, steelhead.
IWF Response - Murray/Inslee Lower Snake River Dams: Benefit Replacement Draft Report
Read Idaho Wildlife Federation’s official statement on Governor Inslee and Senator Murray’s Lower Snake River Dams: Benefit Replacement Draft Report and submit your comment for the record.
#IWFInTheNews - Guest Opinion: Lower Snake River Dam Debate: Who’s winning?
It seems the lower Snake River dam debate is always one side against the other: fish versus agriculture, hydropower versus alternatives, or “my science” versus “your science”. The question is: Who is actually winning?
BPA Funded Study States Salmon/Steelhead Recovery ‘Only Likely’ If Dams Breached
BPA - the agency responsible for selling dam power, counting fish, and funding their recovery efforts - funded an over 800 page study that concluded the dams must be breached to save Idaho’s fish.