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Lewiston City Council Votes to Support Keeping Snake River Dams by Staff Big Country News, November 15, 2022

If the dams were removed, Lewiston would be required to reconfigure
how it acquires its water supply and processes wastewater.

LEWISTON -- The Lewiston City Council officially gave their support in favor of keeping the four lower Snake River Dams, while protecting salmon, in a resolution approved Monday night.

Council Member Rick Tousley was the only member of the body to vote against the resolution, calling the resolution an "unnecessary disbursement of city capital".

"This is simply saying the City of Lewiston has a lot riding on the (dam) removal, and so therefore we are going to stand up," said Council President Hannah Liedkie.

The resolution says that Lewiston residents are in agreement for protecting and preserving salmon, but they do not agree removal of the dams is necessary for their survival. The resolution also notes that, if the dams were removed, Lewiston would be required to reconfigure how it acquires its water supply and processes wastewater.

Rebuilding Interior Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead

To make progress towards healthy and harvestable stocks it is essential that the comprehensive suite of management actions includes:

• Significant reductions in direct and indirect mortality from mainstem dams, including restoration of the lower Snake River through dam breaching.

• Management of predator and competitor numbers and feeding opportunities.

• Focused tributary and estuarine habitat and water quality restoration and protection.

• Passage and reintroduction into priority blocked areas, including the upper Columbia River (and, potentially, the Middle Snake River and Yakima River).

• Focused hatchery and harvest reform.

It will be essential that we implement all these actions, and that we do so at a large scale.

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, September 30, 2022