by Idaho Rivers United | Apr 20, 2023
This week, the U.S. and Canadian governments held a public listening session for the Columbia River Treaty. The Treaty, signed in 1961 by the two governments, coordinates hydropower generation and flood control across the vast Columbia Basin. According to Save Our...
by Idaho Rivers United | Mar 31, 2023
An overwhelming majority of speakers who were able to publicly comment during today’s listening session (on March 31st) hosted by the federal government led by the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service (FMCS), were in favor of breaching the Lower Snake River dams to...
by Idaho Rivers United | Mar 27, 2023
Following statements from President Biden during the Conservation Action Summit, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) with U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) introduced the Northwest Energy Security Act to...
by Idaho Rivers United | Mar 17, 2023
Attention salmon advocates! The federal government will be holding a listening session led by the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service (FMCS) on March 31st from 10:00 – 1:00 (Pacific Time) to hear from and fill in the public on ongoing settlement discussions...
by Idaho Rivers United | Jan 18, 2023
(City Council members inspect pollution of the Cuyahoga River 1964 – Cleveland Press Collection, Cleveland State University Library) Just before the new year, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers announced plans to formalize...
