The Science of Dam Removal on the Lower Snake

by Mark McGlothlin on June 30, 2020

in Water Worth Saving

While the call by some to take down every freakin’ dam in the world is obviously pure insanity for a host of reasons, there’s a growing base of solid evidence that the Lower Snake dams should come down.

The Science of Dam Removal on the Lower Snake River from TU does a reasonably fair job of covering many of the issues at hand in the Snake River discussion, though they do themselves a disservice by not addressing other impacts of taking the dams out (the ag and dismal science aspects, among others).