Conservationists, US Tribes Say Salmon Deal Is Map to Breaching Dams

FILE — The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. The U.S. government said Dec. 14, 2023, that it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

The U.S. government said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and that it will help figure out how to offset the hydropower, transportation and other benefits provided by four controversial dams on the Snake River, should Congress ever agree to breach them.