Snake River

The court filing comes in response to the Trump administration cancelling an agreement with states and tribes.

Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.The deal, which took two years to negotiate, halted decades of lawsuits over the harm federal dams had caused to the salmon that had sustained those tribes culturally and economically for thousands of years. To enable the removal of four hydroelectric dams considered especially harmful to salmon, the government promised to invest billions of dollars in alternative energy sources to be created by the tribes.This story comes to you from Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.

(Runtime 1:02)If the four dams on the Lower Snake River were to be removed, a lot of the services they provide would need to be replaced. That includes…

(Runtime 1:10)As salmon and steelhead swim upstream, they’re now facing one more challenge in fish ladders. It’s a non-native fish competing for space:…

&t=34s Toxic algae is turning up once again on the Snake River.(Runtime 0:51) Toxic algae is turning up once again on the Snake River.Water sampling on…

(Runtime :56) On the banks of the Snake River in far eastern Washington, sockeye salmon have had a rough summer. The water behind the last major concrete…

(Runtime 1:21)In the Tri-Cities, a forum recently drew mostly people who want to keep the Lower Snake River dams in place. They raised some…

A large algal bloom on the Snake River officially has died off. The toxic algae stretched about 30 miles along the river this past fall.(Runtime…

(Runtime 0:52)After decades of courtroom drama, a document leak and years of negotiation, federal officials agreed with six Northwest tribes to restore…

A popular catch for anglers on the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon could have higher levels of mercury, depending on where it’s reeled in. A new study…