Federal agencies announced Thursday they will update the environmental guidelines that shape how they operate 14 dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Read more...

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‘Unlawful’ or ‘a critical next step’? Feds to update Columbia River dams’ environmental guidelines

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday that they will update an environmental study on the management of federal dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers.

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Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations

Two federal agencies are seeking public input on changed circumstances and new information regarding Columbia River System operations to inform preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), who are the co-lead agencies for the SEIS, issued a notice of intent in the Federal Register, today, which announced the effort and the need for publi…

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Columbia River environmental review begins, agencies seek input

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will update an environmental study on federal dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers.

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Supplemental study will consider new data about dam breaching, which environmental advocates say would restore salmon, steelhead populations. Continue reading…

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Agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia basin dams

The Ice Harbor Dam is located on the lower Snake River in southeastern Washington. (Courtesy of Columbia River System Operations EIS)The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday that they will update an environmental study on the management of federal dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers. The agencies will prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement analyzing new environmental data that a 2020 st…

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Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations • Idaho Capital Sun

December 18, 2024 Sandra Kinney #  Regional Coalition of Power, Navigation, and Agriculture Users Push Back on New Federal Environmental Review (Portland, OR) –A coalition of regional leaders calls on the federal government to withdraw its decision to initiate new environmental reviews of the Columbia and Snake River dams. The coalition contends that a new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis would be both premature and unlawful, wa…

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Regional Coalition of Power, Navigation, and Agriculture Users Push Back on New Federal Environmental Review

The possibility of removing four Snake River dams — Ice Harbor Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, Little Goose Dam and Lower Granite Dam — has long been a contentious one that has generally split along party lines. Shown is the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, the first of four dams constructed as part of the Lower Snake River Project, authorized in the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1945. (Photo by Columbia River System Operations EIS)The U.S. Army Corps of Enginee…

‘Unlawful’ or ‘a critical next step’? Feds to update Columbia River dams’ environmental guidelines

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