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Report: Snake River Dam Electricity Must Be Replaced Before They Are Removed by Staff KGMI, August 26, 2022

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the Snake River must be replaced before the dams can be breached to save endangered salmon runs.

That's the finding of a report released on Thursday, August 25th, by Governor Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.

The Democrats commissioned the study that finds a critical benefit of the dams is the reliable and carbon-free electricity the dams generate.

The report says the issue is not simply electricity versus salmon, but the clean energy is important while "the science is clear" that breaching the dams "would provide the greatest benefit to the salmon."

Congress will ultimately decide if the federally-owned dams will be removed.