Most recently, in 2021 dam opponents claimed that wild Spring Chinook on the Snake River would be ‘functionally extinct' this year. In fact, returns this year are slightly above the 10-year average.

If we are to "think boldly," as Secretary Wright suggests, we must move forward, not backward, by breaching the four Lower Snake River dams and replacing their services with available alternatives.

From 1975: The Little Goose Dam on the Snake River was officially dedicated, marking the completion of the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Granite string of dams.

The Snake River winds through 5 million acres of farmland in Southeast Washington alone, and 10% of the entire country’s wheat crop is sent on a barge down the Snake River.