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Community Voices: Saving the Salmon in the Columbia River Basin
There has been a lot of news recently about different plans to help recover salmon in light of a recent federal decision to retain the four lower Snake River dams in eastern Washington state… Read…
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Editorials 4 Governors Agree To Work Together As Nw Salmon May Have Just 20 to 30 Years Left
The governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana have agreed to work together to rebuild the Columbia River system’s salmon and steelhead stocks. Read the full article: 4 Governors Agree To Work Together As Nw Salmon…
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Editorials Northwest RiverPartners Supports Goals of 4 Governors; Asks for Scientific Grounding To Ensure Best Outcome
Today, the governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana released a joint letter (see attached) committing to an effort to help recover threatened and endangered salmonid species in the Columbia River Basin. The governors have…
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Editorials Catastrophic Wildfires Prove It Is Time for a Consistent Green Energy Policy
Many Oregonians never imagined they’d face the extreme fires that we’ve repeatedly seen in California over the past decade. Alarmingly… Read the full article: Catastrophic Wildfires Prove It Is Time for a Consistent Green Energy…
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Editorials Pacific Northwest Draws Lessons From the California Energy Crisis
Kujala talked about how “the next plant” matters, meaning that each subsequent wind or solar farm should avoid redundancy and maximize regional contribution. Read the full article: Pacific Northwest Draws Lessons From the California Energy…
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Editorials California Blackouts a Warning for the Northwest
California experienced its first stage -3 electrical emergency since the western energy crisis devastated the region 20 years ago. The state’s grid operator had no choice but to purposely black out areas because it didn’t…
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Editorials We Can’t Afford To Gamble on Breaching Hydroelectric Dams
My father was a successful professional gambler for a period of his life, so we spent a lot of time at horse and dog racetracks across… Read the full article: We Can’t Afford To Gamble…
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Editorials Elliot Mainzer leaving Bonneville Power Administration to head California grid operator
Elliot Mainzer is stepping down as head of the Bonneville Power Administration after 7 years of guiding the federal agency — the linchpin of the Pacific Northwest energy system — through a period of rising…
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Editorials The Future of Hydropower Will Be Determined in the Pacific Northwest
It may surprise you to learn that hydropower is now viewed by many Pacific Northwest residents in the same light as coal and natural gas… Read the full article: The Future of Hydropower Will Be…
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Editorials Federal Study Says Keep Lower Snake River Dams. Environmental Groups Condemn Decision
A federal environmental study 4 years in the making rejects calls to breach the 4 lower Snake River dams. Instead, it recommends spilling more water over dams in the Columbia River hydro system, which includes…
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About Northwest RiverPartners
Northwest RiverPartners (NWRP) is a not-for-profit, member-driven organization. We represent not-for-profit, community-owned utilities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada. We also proudly represent farmers, ports, and businesses across the region that support clean energy and low-carbon transportation.
NWRP is focused on raising awareness about how the Northwest’s hydropower system betters communities and the natural environment, and we encourage science-based solutions that help hydropower and salmon coexist and thrive.