The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) wrote a blog item Monday on the White House web page summarizing the meeting. Citing that past recovery efforts have cost billions of dollars and failed, the White House stated, "We cannot continue business as usual. (CEQ blog: https://www.whitehouse.gov/… )CONFLICTING AGENDASRemoving the dams doesn't just affect wheat shipments on the Snake River. Researchers note that other undammed rivers also have seen similar declining numbers in fish runs, indicating the complexities of lower fish populations are not simply focused on the Snake River dams. Newhouse added that fish returns were clearly documented as declining long before the Lower Snake River Dams were even built.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 01, 2022 14:46 UTC