Risch pointed to a 2020 study published by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration that confirmed the dams’ “critical importance” to the region ( Greenwire, Aug. Those benefits would include lower water temperatures for salmon and other species, and access for Native American tribes in the region - as well as impacts on transportation, agriculture and recreation in the region.īreaching the dams and addressing problems like the loss of hydropower and irrigation supplies could cost upward of $27 billion, as well as additional “anticipated costs” not included in that tally. The report outlined the benefits of dismantling the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams in Washington. “We continue to approach the question of breaching with open minds and without a predetermined decision,” Inslee and Murray said in a joint statement yesterday that also announced a 30-day public comment period on their report ( E&E News PM, June 9). The Democrats, who are leading an effort to negotiate the future of the river and its dams, emphasized that their report did not weigh in on whether the dams should be removed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Risch’s comments came in the wake of the draft report released yesterday by Washington Gov. “I welcome actual collaboration to improve salmon populations, but remain flatly opposed to dam breaching.” “The results of an unscientific and politically-motivated review of cherry-picked information do not concern me,” Risch said in a statement.
Risch argued that the benefits of the four dams - generating hydropower and providing crop irrigation - outweigh efforts to protect the endangered fish population.
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