90%

The Columbia Snake River System provides 90% of the renewable power generated in the Pacific Northwest

 150,784

The river system reduces traffic congestion and pollution. In 2019, it would have taken 150,784 semi-trucks or 39,204 rail cars to move the cargo that was barged on the Snake River alone.

95%

Juvenile fish survival rates past each of the eight federal dams are between 95% and 98%

5 or 6 years

Eliminating the clean power and efficient transportation provided by the Lower Snake River dams would increase cumulative carbon emissions equivalent to building a coal-fired power plant like the one in Boardman, Oregon, every five or six years

1 in 5

Breaching the dams would disproportionately affect communities that can least afford it. The 10 counties most affected by this scenario are primarily rural areas in which 1 in 5 people are already at or below the federal poverty level

71,000

Salmon are affected by a variety of issues throughout their lifecycle, including ocean conditions, access to spawning habitat, non-point source pollution, and predation. From 2002 through 2018, pinnipeds observed at Bonneville Dam consumed an estimated 71,000 salmon and steelhead.