The Lower Granite Dam spills into the Snake River in Whitman County, WA in this May 2019 photo. Congressman Simpson (R-ID) is proposing to breach this and 3 other dams to help fish migration.

Boise River in Garden City, Idaho, June 7, 2025. (Brad Carlson/Capital Press) Upper and middle Snake River flow augmentation is expected to be slightly lower overall.

Farmers, cities and other users that tap the Lower Snake River for their water supplies could still rely on the waterway even if hydropower dams are breached and their reservoirs drained, given ...

With the stroke of a pen, the future of the Snake River dams is looking better. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on June 12 repealing a secretly negotiated memorandum signed by ...

Kennewick, WA Federal agencies will take a new look at the findings of a four-year, $55 million federal study completed in 2020 that rejected calls to tear down the four lower Snake River dams. A ...

The aggressive treatment plan in 2023, killed off a significant number of the invasive mussels, but more mussels have been found in the Snake River near Twin Falls.