Dealer Index located on Page A10
September 2022
Volume 39
48 Pages
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The spillway at Lower Monumental Dam in Washington on the Snake River. Getty Images
Inslee-Murray report
Snake River dam breaching not feasible now ‘WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT BREACHING THE DAMS DOES IN FACT OFFER US THE BEST CHANCE AT PROTECTING ENDANGERED SALMON AND OTHER ICONIC SPECIES THAT RUN THROUGH THESE WATERS. BUT THE HYDROPOWER AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE DAMS ARE SIGNIFICANT, AND BREACHING THEM BEFORE WE HAVE OTHER SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO REPLACE THOSE BENEFITS WOULD BE DISASTROUS.’ — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
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By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press
reaching the lower Snake River dams is not “a feasible or responsible option” until their energy or economic benefits can be replaced, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said in releasing a report he and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray commissioned. But state and federal governments should come up with a plan to replace the benefits of the dams to enable breaching to move forward, Inslee said in a press release. Inslee and Murray, both Democrats, released their final report evaluating the feasibility of breaching the dams Aug. 25. “We must recognize that breaching the dams does in fact offer us the best chance at protecting endangered salmon and other iconic species that run through these waters,” Inslee stated. “But the hydropower and economic benefits of the dams are significant, and breaching them before we have other systems in place to replace those benefits would be disastrous.” See Report, Page A8
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