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(The Center Square) - Republican congressional representatives from the Pacific Northwest are proposing legislation that seeks to bar any federal funding to breach or alter operations of the Lower Snake
SEATTLE — In a major agreement over the operations of hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin, the federal government has promised to spend $1 billion to help restore wild
<strong>The agreement establishes a tribal energy authority to oversee the development of new energy resources and allocates additional resources to preserve the Snake River salmon populations.</strong>
Some say the agreement “steamrolls” the Northwest and sets the stage for higher power rates and reduced grid reliability.
Irrigators who draw water from the lower Snake River support the proposed settlement of a long-running salmon and dams lawsuit and think regional opposition to the agreement is overblown.