40.00% - The current Columbia River salmon fishery is a fraction of historic levels, making the potential value of rehabilitation enormous.
22.50% - Public lands belong to all Americans.
20.00% - Hydro is clean, reliable, and dispatchable on demand — the anti-dam movement is strangest when it comes from environmentalists who claim to want clean power.
17.50% - Public lands are resources — timber, minerals, water, grazing — that support rural communities and supply the economy; managing them purely for non-use is a luxury indulged by people who don't depend on them.
The economic value of the four lower Snake River dams exceeds that of the salmon fishery they affect.
87.50% - The current Columbia River salmon fishery is a fraction of historic levels, making the potential value of rehabilitation enormous.
12.50% - Hydro is clean, reliable, and dispatchable on demand — the anti-dam movement is strangest when it comes from environmentalists who claim to want clean power.
50.00% - The economic value of the four lower Snake River dams exceeds that of the salmon fishery they affect.
50.00% - The economic case for the four lower Snake River dams exceeds the case for the salmon fishery they impact.
0.00% - The economic value of the 4 lower snake river dams (energy, irrigation and navigation) is greater than that of the salmon fishery.
50.00% - Snake River