The inland waterways report in September 2022 edition of Marine News focused on issues facing the Lower Snake River Dams (LSRD) in the northwest, in U.S.

The barge is one of four carrying wheat on the Columbia River from the Snake River area in eastern Washington. Shaver Transportation of Portland says there were four crew members on board when one ...

The Snake River ... By Anna V. Smith ... But wheat growers upriver oppose the idea, since it would cut off the barge transportation they rely on. Removing the dams could cost up to $2 billion for ...

The Columbia Snake River system is a testament to the intricate dance between environmental preservation and economic vitality. Most Popular 1 Willamette Valley woman killed in crash with swather ...

By Linwood Laughy. Wheat comprises about 90% of all Lower Snake River barge freight. Breaching the four Lower Snake River dams would eliminate barging on this inland waterway.

The Snake River basin once generated nearly half the ... industry would receive $1.5 billion to build rail terminals that will complete an already ongoing shift away from barge transportation.

It would, however, end barge transportation to Lewiston, Idaho, served by locks at the dams. Some ports would be beached. Wheat growers using the river would have to turn to trucks and rail.

Sports; Outdoors; Water level raised in lower Snake River, fish advocates cry foul Mon., April 26, 2021 Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash ...

While moving goods 450 miles between Astoria, Oregon, and Lewiston, Idaho, barges pass through locks on eight dams on the Snake and lower Columbia. Snake River barge shipping has been in decline ...

In the mid-1960s, before the construction of the three final lower Snake River dams, Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon saw smolt-to-adult ratios ranging between 3.5% and 6.5%, which were ...

Editor's note: The South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council provided transportation, lodging and meals for attendees on the See For Yourself tour, including reporters. PORTLAND, Ore ...

The inland waterways report in September 2022 edition of Marine News focused on issues facing the Lower Snake River Dams (LSRD) in the northwest, in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Walla ...