Remove The Four Lower Snake River Dams & Save Salmon From Extinction
Remove The Four Lower Snake River Dams & Save Salmon From Extinction
The Issue
My group's goal is to get rid of the four lower Snake River dams also known as the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite. These dams have a negative impact on salmon, killing between 40 to 92 percent yearly of the migrating Snake River salmon and steelhead. Dams can affect salmon in a number of ways from inundating spawning areas, changing historic river flow patterns, and rising water temperatures.
“Removing the Snake River dams is the best and perhaps only way to protect these salmon from extinction and recover a healthy population.” (wildsalmon.org) In addition to creating a safe passage and healthy spawning areas for the Snake River salmon and steelhead, the removal of these dams will reduce the impacts of global warming on salmon and steelhead. Ensuring a healthy, sustainable future for the wild pacific salmon and the communities that depend on them.
These dams produce about 3000 megawatts of energy. To make up for the energy production loss from the removal of these dams, there are multiple options. One option is to reduce the amount of energy used. Energy conservation is the decision and practice of using less energy. This could help alleviate energy production loss in addition to an investment in alternative green energy sources. According to wildsalmon.org “If we want to replace the dam's power with energy conservation and truly clean renewable energy it is estimated to cost about $80 to $180 million a year. This would have a minimal impact on the BPA which is the agency that is responsible for selling power from the Columbia Basin federal dams.”
Can we replace the dams with cleaner energy? wildsalmon.org Says it is possible! In the Northwest generating new green energy is cheaper than generating new energy from coal or other fossil fuels. With the addition of new green energy sources, it would create new job opportunities and replacement jobs for those who currently work on the dams.
The members of congress can help remove the dams by introducing a bill authorizing the partial removal of the four lower snake river dams.
To support the removal of the Four Snake River Dams please sign and share this petition.
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The Issue
My group's goal is to get rid of the four lower Snake River dams also known as the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite. These dams have a negative impact on salmon, killing between 40 to 92 percent yearly of the migrating Snake River salmon and steelhead. Dams can affect salmon in a number of ways from inundating spawning areas, changing historic river flow patterns, and rising water temperatures.
“Removing the Snake River dams is the best and perhaps only way to protect these salmon from extinction and recover a healthy population.” (wildsalmon.org) In addition to creating a safe passage and healthy spawning areas for the Snake River salmon and steelhead, the removal of these dams will reduce the impacts of global warming on salmon and steelhead. Ensuring a healthy, sustainable future for the wild pacific salmon and the communities that depend on them.
These dams produce about 3000 megawatts of energy. To make up for the energy production loss from the removal of these dams, there are multiple options. One option is to reduce the amount of energy used. Energy conservation is the decision and practice of using less energy. This could help alleviate energy production loss in addition to an investment in alternative green energy sources. According to wildsalmon.org “If we want to replace the dam's power with energy conservation and truly clean renewable energy it is estimated to cost about $80 to $180 million a year. This would have a minimal impact on the BPA which is the agency that is responsible for selling power from the Columbia Basin federal dams.”
Can we replace the dams with cleaner energy? wildsalmon.org Says it is possible! In the Northwest generating new green energy is cheaper than generating new energy from coal or other fossil fuels. With the addition of new green energy sources, it would create new job opportunities and replacement jobs for those who currently work on the dams.
The members of congress can help remove the dams by introducing a bill authorizing the partial removal of the four lower snake river dams.
To support the removal of the Four Snake River Dams please sign and share this petition.
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Petition created on May 14, 2022