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A10 NORTHWEST/CLASSIFIEDS East Oregonian Thursday, May 21, 2020 EPA says federal dams raise water temperature in Snake River Associated Press LEWISTON, Idaho — An Environmental Protec- tion Agency report pro- vides details about how federal government dams in the Snake and Columbia river system raise summer water temperatures, hurting endangered salmon runs. The report made pub- lic Tuesday said dams on both rivers play a role in raising water temperatures above 68 degrees, which is the point at which the water becomes harmful to salmon and steelhead. The Lewiston Tribune said the report also noted that the Snake River often exceeds temperature stan- dards before it enters Wash- ington from Idaho, as does the Columbia River when it enters Washington from Canada. The report is likely to play a role in the long-sim- mering debate over the role dams play in the decline of threatened and endangered Snake River salmon and steelhead. The dams generate elec- tricity, allow cargo to be moved on river barges and provide irrigation water to farmers. By slowing the fl ow and increasing the surface area exposed to the sun, the AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File In this April 11, 2018, fi le photo, water fl ows through a fi sh ladder designed to help migrating fi sh swim through the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash. dams cause the Snake River to increase as much as 5.7 degrees, according to the report. Temperatures higher than 68 degrees can cause adult fi sh to stop their migrations and swim around aimlessly like they are lost during their return from the ocean. When riv- ers warmed into the 70s in 2015 and stayed there for weeks, there were signifi - cant fi sh kills. While there are other sources of rising tempera- tures in the river, the dams play the largest role, the report said. Environmental groups hailed the report as a needed step toward lowering tem- peratures and improving conditions for salmon and steelhead. Following the 2015 heat event that killed off sock- eye, a coalition of river preservation groups, includ- ing Columbia Riverkeeper, Snake River Waterkeeper and Idaho Rivers United, went to court to force the EPA to fi nish writing the report that had been stalled for nearly two decades. “We are pleased that it’s done and identifi es the hot water problems on the Columbia and Snake riv- ers,” said Brett VandenHeu- vel, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper. It will largely be up to the states to determine how water quality prob- lems identifi ed in the report should be addressed. Van- denHeuvel said remov- ing the lower Snake River dams or putting holes in them would help meet water quality standards as well as boost salmon and steelhead. “The water tempera- tures in the Snake are so hot in the summer that I think dam removal is the best way to restore salmon and pro- vide water cool enough for their survival,” he said. But Kurt Miller, execu- tive director of Northwest River Partners, would pre- fer that regulators in Ore- gon and Washington reex- amine their water quality standards. “The states may have established water quality standards that are unattain- able even if the lower Snake and mid-Columbia river dams were not in place,” he said. “It would be unfair to penalize the communi- ties that rely on hydropower for river temperatures way beyond their control.” Environmental groups have long called for four dams on the Snake River in Eastern Washington to be removed to help salmon and steelhead migrate to the ocean and back. 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