Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios) President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered heads of the Army Corps of ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s recent remarks on the Lower Snake River dams and claim that dam removal would be “going backward” ignores decades of research showing that restoring a free-flowing ...

Lower Snake River dams now offset 75% of Washington's wind and solar power. Spring Chinook salmon returns rose from 1,105 in 1995 to over 53,000 in 2025. Federal study supports dam retention, citing ...

The December 2025 floods in Washington state heavily damaged the fish habitat here in the Northwest region. It is probable that most chinook, pink salmon and chum eggs laid in the watersheds of the ...

Trump revoked Biden-era policies aimed at breaching WA Snake River dams. Supporters cite dam removal risks to energy reliability, trade and costs. Opponents warn reversal threatens salmon recovery and ...

ENTERPRISE — Starting Friday, Sept. 19, and continuing through Oct. 31, anglers on the Snake River from Hells Canyon Dam downstream to the Oregon/Washington border will not be allowed to keep any wild ...

Tribes and states seek to lift litigation stay after Trump canceled dam agreement 2023 deal paused lawsuits for five years in exchange for $1B salmon investment Trump’s order ends study efforts, ...

Originally published July 20 by the Spokesman-Review. WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago in June, elected officials gathered in Lewiston to celebrate a remarkable feat: With the completion of the Lower ...

President Trump signed a memo intended to save the lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington on Thursday, reversing Biden administration actions that helped support efforts to remove the ...

Marchers call for the removal of Snake River dams to aid in salmon recovery during the Stop Salmon Extinction rally and march on the Capitol Campus in Olympia, Washington, in 2022. Tony Overman ...