Streamline episode 3: Economist sees dim future for lower Snake dams

By Joy Rondina, IRU Intern

Episode 3 of IRU's podcast, Streamline, digs deeper into the dollars and cents of the lower Snake Rive dams. Economist Tony Jones, featured in the podcast, has been studying the lower Snake dams for decades and has come to the conclusion that they simply aren't needed, and in fact constitute an unnecessary strain on public coffers.

Streamline is a new ongoing podcast series that advocates for the preservation of Idaho’s wild rivers and inhabitants. Using well-researched stories or interviews with local fisheries experts, hydrologists, public officials and others, Streamline tells the stories of Idaho’s amazing rivers.