Power lost from removing Snake dams can be replaced

Published 1:30 am Monday, June 13, 2022

I’m writing in response to the recent commentary by Marc Sullivan regarding salmon and the Snake River dams (“Don’t fall for TV ads’ climate case for Snake dams,” The Herald, June 5). Sullivan called out Northwest RiverPartners’ misinformation media blitz on Snake River hydro power. We don’t need lies such as the only way to replace small amounts of power from Snake River hydro is to burn additional mountains of fossil fuels. As Sullivan notes we have solutions to replace the modest amount of hydro power produced by these dams. However, salmon have run out of time and need a restored river.

Now’s the time for everyone to call out Northwest RiverPartners to step off the treadmill of failed policies and think about a future that works for all of us.

Malcolm Cumming

Clinton