Tag: dams

A Fly Fishing & Conservation Documentary "This film is more, much more than the ordinary fly fishing film [...], this film is a shout to the world!" - lemouching.com "Like many others of Europe's last free-flowing rivers in the Balkan region, the Una is in permanent danger of being destroyed by a series of hydro dams. It is one of the few last rivers in the...

While it's not exactly a surprise, it's still disheartening to hear the news that the four dams on the Lower Snake River won't be removed anytime soon. According to news shared by the Wild Steelhead Coalition and ABC, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration released a joint Environmental Impact Statement...

Anyone who's paid attention to the effort to save steelhead and salmon in the Pacific Northwest has likely heard of the push to remove the four dams on the lower section of the Snake River. These dams, originally created for power generation and transportation of goods via barges, have had a direct, negative result on salmon and steelhead populations. The...

The Associated Press reported yesterday that a U.S. Federal judge ruled that "the Obama administration’s attempt to make federal hydroelectric dams in the Northwest safer for protected salmon violates the Endangered Species Act," and that it was time to consider removing dams instead.  From The New York Times.