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原文传递 Is The End In Sight For Snake River Commercial Navigation?

题名：	Is The End In Sight For Snake River Commercial Navigation?
正文语种：	eng
作者：	DAVID MURRAY
摘要：	The White House released an agreement on December 14 between the U.S. government and environmental non-profits, tribes and other parties that have been fighting and litigating for years over four dams on the Lower Snake River. The agreement calls for a 10-year pause in litigation over the four dams, in return for additional funding to restore native fish in the Columbia River Basin, the development of 1 to 3 giga-watts of tribal-sponsored clean energy, increased flexibility in dam operations to benefit fish populations and undertaking studies of dam sendees if Congress decides to breach the dams at some point. Navigation and power interests criticized the deal, saving they were shut out of the negotiations and that their constituents were denied representation and input. Neil Maunu, executive director of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, said, "We are extremely disappointed in the flawed process that led to these [commitments] , which would eliminate shipping and river transportation in Idaho and eastern Washington and remove over 48,000 acres from food production." The commitments, he said, threaten the livelihoods of farmers, ports and barging operators. The agreement came as a judicial stay on litigation expired on December 15. In the long series of fights over the Snake/Columbia River dams, three federal judges have rejected six different plans for managing the dams.
出版年：	2024
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	137
期：	41
页码：	10-10