The Columbia-Snake river system, a 365-mile federal waterway from Lewiston, Idaho to Portland, Oregon, enables inland farmers to sell their crops to feed the world.
Hydropower delivers carbon-free energy to more than 60% of people in the Pacific Northwest. Most of it comes from dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers.
Each year, residents in the Lewis Clark Valley alone benefit from $3.4 million in economic activity generated by cruise boats that carry tourists up the Columbia and Snake rivers.
