Recent economic studies by Washington State University researchers show that railroads and trucks can replace the lost barge traffic with relatively low cost-effective investments in transportation infrastructure. In short, the forums held in central and southern Idaho exposed what the conservation community has been saying all along. We can support our agriculture and our commercial fishing and recreational communities by bypassing the four lower Snake River dams. We will save millions of dollars wasted on ineffective recovery measures and restore our salmon and steelhead numbers to the vialble levels that existed before the lower Snake dams were built. In town after town, Idahoans brought the issue to light.
People care about their salmon and steelhead.
Extinction is not an option. Even in traditionally conservative rural communities floks agreed that bypassing dams will help farmers, fisherman and fish. Let's rebuild this Mother Earth.