Lower Monumental Dam spillway

The Lower Monumental Dam in Washington state. It is one of four Snake River dams environmentalists and Tribes have targeted for destruction.

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Despite a settlement agreement between the administration and plaintiffs hoping to breach the lower Snake River dams, we don’t think the political calculus has changed all that much.

Nonetheless, ag and shipping interests that were left out of the negotiations need to keep up the pressure on Congress to block any effort to tear down the dams.

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