Fifty years ago in June, elected officials gathered in Lewiston to celebrate a remarkable feat: With the completion of the Lower Snake River dams, a $1 billion project had effectively turned the ...

Whooshh Innovations said its fish passage system could transport salmon quickly over the Snake River dams – and generate $60 million over 10 years by diverting water from fish ladders to ...

At the dams, the fish swim up the gradual incline of the ladder that spirals from the downstream side of the dam over to the upstream side. Elsewhere in the U.S., fish ladders “often perform ...

The Herald Editorial Board needs to be applauded for its recent editorial about the lower Snake River dams and salmon (“Waiting could force bad choice on dams, salmon,” The Herald, July 5).

Don Chapman, 74, wants to get rid of the Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Lower Granite dams, located between the Idaho border and where the Snake River flows into the Columbia River.

The U.S. government has spent more than $17 billion trying to recover Snake River salmon, through improvements to fish ladders and other measures, with little to show for it.

The dams also allow irrigators to draw water from reservoirs and elevated groundwater, with the production value of irrigated land along the Snake River in 2021 estimated at $328 million.

The U.S. government has spent more than $17 billion trying to recover Snake River salmon, through improvements to fish ladders and other measures, with little to show for it.

The Lower Granite Dam is one of the four Snake River dams Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) ... ladders and water-filled fish elevators — have cost almost $17 billion.

There has been quite a push to remove the lower Snake River dams lately. I don’t understand the push to remove the dams that have fish ladders and no mention of the dams that don’t allow fish passage.

An elevated fish ladder designed to help migrating fish swim through the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Washington. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios) More in Local News ...

The higher estimate is in line with a proposal by U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, in early 2021 to spend $33.5 billion to replace or mitigate lost benefits of removing the lower Snake River dams.