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 ...

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 ...

On June 12, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum revoking an executive action issued by the prior administration titled “Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other ...

WASHINGTON – Fifty years ago in June, elected officials gathered in Lewiston to celebrate a remarkable feat: With the completion of the Lower Snake River dams, a $1 billion project had effectively ...

With the stroke of a pen, the future of the Snake River dams is looking better. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on June 12 repealing a secretly negotiated memorandum signed by ...

The spring chinook run on the Snake River has just concluded, and this year was supposed to be consequential for the struggling fish. Four years ago, environmental activists wrote in these pages that ...

At a visit to a Nez Perce Hatchery near Lewiston, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke of a future without dams on the Snake River. The Nez Perce traditionally relied on salmon as a critical part of their diet ...

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 ...

President Trump revoked a 2023 memo that advanced Snake River dam breaching. Supporters argue the dams ensure clean hydropower, trade routes and irrigation. Experts and utilities warn removal risks ...

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 ...