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Bill Looks to Block Dam Breaching on Lower Snake System by Eric Barker Lewiston Tribune, January 25, 2024

Northwest Republicans led by Newhouse introduce act
to block federal funds from removing dams

Rep. Dan Newhouse led a cadre of Northwest Republicans in their pledge to protect the lower Snake River hydropower system by introducing anti-dam breaching legislation Wednesday.

The bill known as the Defending Against Manipulative Negotiators Act would forbid the use of federal funds to breach or alter the four lower Snake River dams. It also blocks federal money from being used to implement the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative -- an agreement between the Biden administration and plaintiffs in a decades-old lawsuit over the harmful effect the Columbia River Hydropower System has on threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead.

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