Real people. Real jobs. Real stakes.
The Snake River provides a treasured way of life for people living east of the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest.
Northwest communities have depended on the Snake River for decades – for irrigating crops, reliably transporting the harvest from their farms to markets around the world and keeping their rural economies strong.
The dams along the river are part of a hydroelectric network on the Snake and Columbia rivers that keeps the energy mix in the Northwest among the greenest and most climate friendly in the country. Faces of the Snake River is dedicated to sharing the real life stories of people east of the Cascades and how, despite sometimes difficult conditions, they continue to work and live in this region.
