snake river

Trump Administration Urged to Avoid Salmon Protection Rules
Trump Administration Urged to Avoid Salmon Protection Rules
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the "God Squad" with the power to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act...
Judge’s Order Revives Movement to Remove Snake River Dams
Judge’s Order Revives Movement to Remove Snake River Dams
SPOKANE (AP) — Conservationists and others have renewed a push to remove four giant dams from the Snake River in southeast Washington to save wild salmon runs. They're speaking up after a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year rejected the government's latest plan for protecting threatened and endangered salmon in the Columbia River system...
New Record Set for Fall Chinook Redds in Snake River
New Record Set for Fall Chinook Redds in Snake River
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — New data released by the Nez Perce Tribe shows that fall chinook returning to the Snake River have set a new record for the third straight year. The Tri-City Herald reports that the data shows a new record of 9,345 redds, or gravel nests, were built by returning adults in the Snake River Basin between Lower Granite and Hells Canyon dams. ...