Wheat comprises about 90% of all Lower Snake River barge freight. Breaching the four Lower Snake River dams would eliminate barging on this inland waterway. The scientific community has clearly ...

Barging on the Columbia-Snake River system “The Lower Snake River navigation locks provide timely, safe and efficient means to move bulk cargo, reducing transportation cost and minimizing ...

A loaded grain barge headed down the Snake River passes a tugboat headed upriver in Burbank near the confluence with the Columbia River. Bob Brawdy [email protected] It also will provide ...

Large dams are no longer being built in the U.S. In fact, they are being removed, especially in the Northwest, with a 100% success rate in improving fish runs. | Opinion ...

“I see it as a political issue.” Newhouse said the four lower Snake River dams are essential to flood control, barging, irrigation, agriculture and recreation. “We cannot afford to lose them ...

As environmental activists push for closure of multiple dams along the Snake River in Washington state ... however, inland barging is the most fuel efficient. “Trucking can move a ton of ...

including the barging of farm products and other goods, irrigation, recreation and electricity production. Claire Remsberg of McCall, Idaho, joins marchers calling for the removal of Snake River ...

Federal agencies will take a new look at the findings of a four-year, $55 million federal study completed in 2020 that rejected calls to tear down the four lower Snake River dams. A coalition of ...