Dam Removal Dialogue
Serious dam removal dialogue will require extensive issue vetting among a wide variety of constituencies.
A short list of some of those issues –
- definition (biological, ecological, cultural, economic, legal) of what constitutes salmon recovery in the Snake Basin
- best available science applied to salmon recovery
- benefits of Snake Basin salmon recovery including the entire Columbia River and North Pacific Ocean
- benefits of a restored free-flowing lower Clearwater and Snake rivers
- costs and benefits of maintaining the current conditions in the Snake Basin
- costs of removing the lower Snake River dams
- methods and costs of replacing energy, transportation and irrigation