Keep the four Lower Snake River dams

Baumgartner opposes breaching the four Lower Snake River dams and supported the Trump administration’s June 2025 withdrawal from the 2023 Columbia Basin salmon agreement. He argues that retaining the dams protects reliable electricity and agricultural shipping while salmon recovery continues. He calls for fish-recovery investment and strengthening regional hydropower instead of removing the dams. He says the dams supply nearly a million homes and meet high fish-passage standards; those are his stated reasons for opposing removal, not independently assessed outcomes.

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In their own words

breaching the Lower Snake River dams is not the solution.

The source

Baumgartner: full original Columbia Basin dam agreement statement

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Retrieved: 11/12/2026