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August 14, 2025

Opinion: 50 years with the lower Snake River dams is worth celebrating

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From the Tri-City Herald/Todd Myers

It has been fifty years since the four dams on the Lower Snake River were completed. Originally built to provide transportation, they now create the equivalent of 75 percent of all wind and solar power in Washington state, helping balance those intermittent resources across the Pacific Northwest. Read the rest of the article here.