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Real Problems of Snake River Salmon by John McKern Capital Press, September 9, 2024

It has been quiet on the "Breach the Lower Snake River Dams" front. There are facts that should be considered in the billion-dollar pipe dream whether you are for or against these dams.

Breaching the dams will provide NO additional spawning area for spring or summer chinook, steelhead, coho, or sockeye, and little if any for fall chinook. Most of their spawning habitat was upstream of dams without fish passage.

(bluefish points: to Chapter 7 of Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement, page 7-13)

With the implementation of Multiple Objective 3, which is primarily Remove Snake River Embankments:
"... there would be major increases in Snake River fall Chinook spawning habitat and associated potential beneficial effects for recreational, tribal, and commercial fishing."

Related Pages:
Proposal to Drawdown Reservoirs a Fool's Errand by John McKern, Columbia Basin Bulletin, 1/6/23
This Year's Fish Runs Show Dams Don't Need to be Breached by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 10/9/22
Politicians, Environmentalists Ignoring the Facts on Snake River Dams, Salmon by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 7/24/22
Turnabout Turned About by John McKern, Lewiston Tribune, 9/12/21
Say We Breach the Dams, What Then? by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 7/8/21
Breaching the Dams is Not a Silver Bullet Solution by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 5/19/21
Increase Wild Fish Production, Reduce Harvest by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 12/23/20
Ending Super-Saturation Will Help Salmon by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 4/14/19
Supersaturation is Real Trouble for Salmon by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 12/27/18
Breaching Dams Won't Cool River Water by John McKern, Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 11/8/18
Blaming Snake River Dams for Orca Woes a Hoax by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 8/14/18
Judge, Court of Appeals Ignored Fish Facts by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 4/8/18
Ending Super-Saturation Will Help Salmon by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 10/18/17
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Yes, Consider All Facts on Dam Breaching by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 6/30/17
McKern Letter: Salmon Runs by John McKern, Idaho Statesman, 1/2/16
Adult Salmon Survival Past Dams is 99 Percent by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 3/25/15
Hydropower Not Been Replaced by Wind Power by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 3/6/15
Environmentalists Try to Muddy Waters About Dredging by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 12/30/14
Talk of Breaching Snake River Dams a Red Herring by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 3/21/14
Blaming Dams for Fish Loss is a Hoax by John McKern, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 8/23/13
Judge Redden's Replacement Can't Be Worse by John McKern, Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 12/5/11
Science Does Not Support Dam Breaching by John McKern, Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 12/19/11