snake river

The Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association is no more. The organization announced Tuesday is has expanded membership to the west now including Oregon and Washington growers. And with that expansion comes a new name, Snake River Sugarbeet Association, which represents 700 growers across the PNW on a combined 180,000 acres, accounting for nearly seven million tons of production ...

Like the other two Northwest states, the past couple of weeks have helped the Idaho snowpack improve. Erin Whorton with NRCS Idaho said the snowpack in pretty healthy in the northern and central portions of the state, where most basins report snowpacks of 100% for this time of year ...

According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, an emergency trap-and-truck operation of sockeye salmon bound for the Snake and Salmon rivers netted enough fish to sustain an elaborate hatchery program. IDFG announced Tuesday 201 salmon were captured at Lower Granite Dam last month and then driven to the Eagle Fish Hatchery in southwestern Idaho ...

Federal defendants in the litigation on biological opinion for salmon and steelhead final environmental impact statement are seeking to dismiss irrigators' claim. Columbia Snake River Irrigation Association Representative Darryl Olsen said the defendants are claiming the irrigators wouldn't be harmed by anything in the environmental impact statement. "That is blatantly false. ...

The four wheat grower associations across the Northwest recently sent a letter to Idaho Representative Mike Simpson, challenging him on the usage of the lower Snake River dams as well as other statistics. Simpson when presenting his case of why the dams should be removed, he claims those dams are not as vital to the Northwest farming community as they once were ...

As state lawmakers prepare to kick off the 2021 legislative session, the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation said there will a host of issues the Ag community should watch very closely. Braden Jensen, Deputy Director of Governmental Affairs with the IFBF, said property tax reform is one of the top issues the Idaho Ag community and the general population will watch ...

The Idaho Salmon Workgroup, created by Governor Brad Little has wrapped up their work to address fish populations in the Northwest. Brian Brooks is not only a member of ISW, but he is also the executive director of the Idaho Wildlife Federation ...

ECONorthwest recently conducted a study at the request of Vulcan Incorporated that stated while expensive, removing the Columbia and Snake river dams to assist migrating salmon would be worth the investment in the long run.  Both Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse reacted swiftly to the report, calling the study a slap in the face of eastern Washington Ag.  ...

ECONorthwest recently conducted a study at the request of Vulcan Incorporated that stated while expensive, removing the Columbia and Snake river dams to assist migrating salmon would be worth the investment in the long run.  Both Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse reacted swiftly to the report, calling the study a slap in the face of eastern Washington Ag.   ...

Washington Governor Jay Inslee says despite two decades of recovery efforts, some salmon runs still declining.  The Report , released Wednesday by Inslee’s Salmon Recovery Office, found that in most of the state, salmon populations are below recovery goals.  Fifteen of Washing...