Snake River dams – Trout Unlimited https://www.tu.org Making fishing better Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:47:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Masking decline: Why Snake River wild salmon and steelhead can’t wait https://www.tu.org/magazine/snake-river-dams/masking-decline-why-snake-river-wild-salmon-and-steelhead-cant-wait/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masking-decline-why-snake-river-wild-salmon-and-steelhead-cant-wait Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:36:26 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=111734 Here’s the truth: we’re masking a long-term collapse with short-term optics.]]> Watch Meateater’s Cal investigate the Snake River dams https://www.tu.org/magazine/snake-river-dams/watch-meateaters-cal-investigate-the-snake-river-dams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-meateaters-cal-investigate-the-snake-river-dams Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:52:39 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=110654 In the latest MeatEater video, Ryan “Cal” Callaghan heads to the Snake River to investigate the four lower dams and what they mean to salmon, steelhead and local communities.]]> Problem Dams and Tribal Fishing Rights | Ol’ Cal Investigates the Snake River Dams nonadult Solving a math problem for Snake River Chinook https://www.tu.org/magazine/science/solving-a-math-problem-for-snake-river-chinook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solving-a-math-problem-for-snake-river-chinook Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:34:44 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=103817 Two recent studies demonstrate how dam breach paired with increased spill in the mid-Columbia would allow many Snake River spring/summer Chinook populations to reach various management goals I am sitting on my parent’s porch on a Sunday afternoon in July when the neighbors stop by to say hi. “Oh! You are a fish biologist,” they…]]> Numbers look good, but are they really? https://www.tu.org/magazine/snake-river/numbers-look-good-but-are-they-really/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=numbers-look-good-but-are-they-really Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:52:00 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=105816 If you’ve seen the recent news regarding Snake River steelhead returns, you’ve likely asked yourself, what’s the issue with the four lower Snake River dams?]]> Time to go all in https://www.tu.org/magazine/snake-river-dams/time-to-go-all-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-to-go-all-in Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:18:11 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=103854 Mankind's efforts are no longer cutting it for salmon and steelhead survival on the lower Snake]]> Clearwater Daze https://www.tu.org/magazine/snake-river/clearwater-daze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clearwater-daze Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:15:37 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=102621 A pair of Great Lakes spey anglers share their love for Idaho’s Clearwater River and its big steelhead as well as their support for breaching the Lower Snake River Dams]]> TU stands up for Snake River salmon in congressional hearing https://www.tu.org/magazine/snake-river-dams/tu-stands-up-for-snake-river-salmon-in-congressional-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tu-stands-up-for-snake-river-salmon-in-congressional-hearing Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:51:48 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=97703 Lindsay Slater, represented salmon advocates in Congress Tuesday at a hearing ominously titled, “Left in the Dark: Examining the Biden Administration’s Efforts to Eliminate the Pacific Northwest’s Clean Energy Production.”]]>