Western Montana electric cooperatives are watching nervously as the federal government brokers an agreement to breech hydroelectric dams on the Snake River to honor treaty-protected fishing rights ...

A look at the fallout if the lower Snake River dams are demolished. Published 3:30 pm Monday, April 8, 2024. ... such as hot or cold weather snaps from California to Montana,” Peters said.

The four Columbia River treaty tribes — Umatilla, Warm Springs, Nez Perce and Yakama — led the creation of a plan to restore salmon on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and invited the federal ...

Western Montana co-ops wary of Snake River dam removal. Tom Lutey ... The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River is seen from the air near Colfax, Wash., on May 15, 2019.