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To Recover Salmon Populations, We Need To Think Bigger
Kurt Miller of Northwest RiverPartners on why blame for dwindling populations may be misplaced… Read the full article: To Recover Salmon Populations, We Need To Think Bigger
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Editorials Removing Dams Will Hurt the Most Vulnerable Among Us
In my role as a clean energy and community advocate, I frequently travel across the Northwest. In my meetings with electric utility managers, they often want to discuss the importance of reliable and affordable energy…
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Editorials WA Restaurants Are Worried About Salmon. But Is Breaching Snake River Dams the Solution?
The latest debate on tearing out the lower Snake River Dams has landed on the fine dining tables across the state of Washington. Read the full article: WA Restaurants Are Worried About Salmon. But Is…
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Editorials Proposed Dam Breaching
Western Montana’s electric cooperatives could have a big dam problem on their hands if 4 hydropower-producing dams along the Lower Snake River are breached. Read the full article: Proposed Dam Breaching
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Editorials Reason To Oppose Dam Breaching on the Snake River
Recently, I keynoted the Business & the Environment conference – an annual event hosted by the Northwest… Read the full article: Reason To Oppose Dam Breaching on the Snake River
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Editorials Remove the Snake River dams or not?
1 survey recently said a majority of people in the Northwest want the Snake River dams to stay in place. Another said a majority of Washington voters want the dams removed. Read the full article:…
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Editorials Survey Shows Broad Support for Keeping Snake River Dams
A new survey commissioned by Northwest River Partners indicates broad public support for keeping the Snake River dams. Read the full article: Survey Shows Broad Support for Keeping Snake River Dams
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Editorials New Survey Finds Majority of Pacific Northwest Residents Support Lower Snake River Dams & Hydroelectric Power
Political Efforts by Gov. Inslee and Senator Murray Around Possible Removal of the Lower Snake River Dams Should Be Informed By This New Information Vancouver, WA, December 21, 2021 – Amid the regional debate over…
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Editorials New Survey Shows Support for Snake River Dams, in Contrast to Earlier Survey
A majority of people in the Northwest want the Snake River dams to stay in place, according to a new survey commissioned by Northwest River Partners, an organization that supports the dams. Read the full…
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Editorials ‘Policy Leaders … Take Note.’ Survey Finds Nw Residents Support Keeping Snake Dams
The majority of Northwest residents polled in a survey commissioned by Northwest River Partners said they oppose tearing down the 4 Snake River dams in Eastern Washington. Read the full article: ‘Policy Leaders … Take…
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Editorials Oregon Senator Should Champion Hydropower
How can Build Back Better not include a staple like hydropower? According to the most recently available data from the state of Oregon, hydropower represents 37% of our electricity resource mix, coal 27%, natural gas…
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Editorials U.S. Hydropower Can Secure a Greener Tomorrow – & Create American Jobs
The abundance of hydropower is essential to the economy and the way of life of the Pacific Northwest. The world’s source of renewable energy… Read the full article: U.S. Hydropower Can Secure a Greener Tomorrow…
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Editorials Executive Interview With Kurt Miller, Northwest RiverPartners
Northwest River Partners emphasizes the importance of hydroelectric power in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, encouraging science-based solutions that help hydropower and salmon coexist and thrive. Read the full article: Executive Interview With Kurt Miller, Northwest…
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Editorials Our Decarbonization Efforts Are Being Compromised, but That Can Change
We live in a time described as “a code red for humanity” and “the point of no return,” writes Kurt Miller, shouldn’t our actions match this urgency?… Read the full article: Our Decarbonization Efforts Are…
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Editorials WA Sen. Murray & Gov. Inslee Are Trying To Answer the Wrong Question About Snake Dams
Over the past 10 months, we’ve seen the most fervent activity in the region’s history surrounding the lower… Read the full article: WA Sen. Murray & Gov. Inslee Are Trying To Answer the Wrong Question…
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Editorials Leaders To Probe Dam Alternatives
Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray intend to announce next summer whether they support breaching the 4 lower Snake River dams as a necessary measure to save salmon. Read the full article: Leaders To…
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Editorials Combatants Agree To Pause Snake, Columbia River Litigation To Negotiate Salmon Solutions
Thursday’s agreement outlines how 8 dams in the Columbia River Basin will be operated over the coming year. This will include additional fish passage spill of water past the dams at certain times of the…
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Editorials Inslee, Murray Launch Study That Could Lead to Tearing Down Snake River Dams
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray pledged to keep open minds as they announced Friday a joint federal and state process to see if there are reasonable means to replace. Read the full…
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Editorials ‘With Open Minds,’ Murray, Inslee Detail Process To Consider Breaching Snake River Dams
Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday announced they will lead a regional process to consider “all options” to restore declining salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia River. Read the full article:…
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Editorials Northwest RiverPartners Statement on Injunctive Relief Settlement
Earlier this year, several litigants sued the federal government over last year’s Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement and the accompanying Biological Opinion. They also asked for injunctive relief from the US District Court…
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Editorials Truce Struck in Columbia, Snake Salmon Litigation
Fish advocates and the Biden administration have asked a federal judge to pause a fight over Columbia River system dam operations until the end of July. 2009 Map of The Columbia River Basin Showing Action…
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Editorials The Fight To Save the Salmon
When you get high enough into the mountains of Idaho, the fish are in the trees. For the past million years or so, sockeye and Chinook salmon. Read the full article: The Fight To Save…
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Editorials An Opportunity for Respectful Dialogue on Salmon & Dams
I’ve often told people that I was destined to become a hydropower advocate. My formative upbringing took place… Read the full article: An Opportunity for Respectful Dialogue on Salmon & Dams
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Editorials Washington Governor, Senator Want Answers on How To Replace Benefits of Lower Snake River Dams
Washington governor, senator want answers on how to replace benefits of Lower Snake River dams. Read the full article: Washington Governor, Senator Want Answers on How To Replace Benefits of Lower Snake River Dams
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Editorials Northwest RiverPartners Response to Governor Inslee Statement on Lower Snake River Dams
Hydropower Group Urges Governor to Support Existing Hydropower Projects to Fight Climate Change, Protect Salmon; Calls For Consistent Decarbonization Policies To Address Oceanic Threat To Salmon Yesterday, at a meeting hosted by a political advocacy…
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Editorials Inslee, Murray Plan New Report on Breaching Snake River Dams. ‘We Need an Answer’
Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray are exploring options to breach the lower Snake River dams and replace the benefits they provide, Inslee told a virtual gathering of Washington. Read the full article: Inslee,…
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Editorials Inslee, Murray To Ponder Future Without Dams
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday that he and Washington Sen. Patty Murray will initiate a fast-tracked process seeking ways to replace services provided by the lower Snake River dams. Read the full article: Inslee,…
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Editorials Letter to Biden Administration From Salmon Hydro Supporters
Dear Secretaries Haaland, Granholm, Raimondo, Austin and Chair Mallory: Recently, a subset of special interests narrowly-focused on salmon issues in the Pacific Northwest have communicated to you about the operation of the federal hydropower system…
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Editorials What Not To Wear: California Energy Policy Is an Ill-Fitting Option for Idaho, Northwest
I was born in California in 1969, but we moved to Grants Pass, Oregon, when I was 4 years old. At the time, all I… Read the full article: What Not To Wear: California Energy…
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Editorials Dam Breaching Advocacy Ignores Climate Science, Public Safety Needs
If you’re someone who follows salmon issues as closely as I do, you’ll recognize Snake River salmon receives an incredible amount of media attention. In local, national, and even international news outlets, we see a…
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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.