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Our Power is Rivers
By Kyle Smith There is an ongoing debate in the Pacific Northwest around whether hydropower as a whole is “good” or “bad”. But this conversation misses important detail and nuance. There are thousands of dams blocking rivers across the Northwest. Many dams provide...![Presidential Memorandum directs federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant salmon populations across the Columbia River Basin](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IRUlogoclearbackground.png)
Presidential Memorandum directs federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant salmon populations across the Columbia River Basin
Today, the Biden Administration released a Presidential Memorandum directing federal agencies to use all of their authority to restore healthy and abundant wild salmon, steelhead and other native fish populations across the Columbia River Basin and to review and...![Administration inks agreement on upper Columbia, but leaves Snake River in limbo](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/One-of-the-four-Lower-Snake-dams-that-needs-to-be-removed-for-salmon-and-steelhead-survival.-1024x768-1-1024x675.jpg)
Administration inks agreement on upper Columbia, but leaves Snake River in limbo
The Biden Administration today took a step forward on meeting the nation’s obligations to upper Columbia River tribes but fell short of producing a comprehensive plan for the entire Columbia basin including the Snake River.
![Sedimentation and Dam Removal: Bringing a River Back to Life](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Edwards-Dam-Kennebec-River-Aerial-Pre-Removal-_-American-Rivers-1024x701-1-1024x675.jpg)
Sedimentation and Dam Removal: Bringing a River Back to Life
One of the primary concerns when planning for dam removal is the impact of sediment transport on water quality, river health, and the communities that depend on healthy rivers.