Action Agenda Events

PNWA Fact Sheets and Backgrounders

Key PNWA issues

Energy & Water Appropriations
Project-by-project summary of PNWA’s funding requests and current funding status for FY 2009

Columbia River Channel Deepening
Project need, funding overview and PNWA’s FY 2009 appropriations request

Jetties at the Mouth of the Columbia River
Need for jetty repairs, current status and PNWA’s FY 2009 appropriations request

Lower Monumental Lock Gate Rehab
Downstream lock gate at LoMo requires rehabilitation

Proposed Lockage Fees
Overview of the reasons PNWA opposes the new lockage fees proposed in the President's FY2009 budget

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
PNWA supports spending down the trust fund for it's stated transportation infrastructure maintenance and development purposes

Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2008)
Overview of PNWA positions on issued being addressed by Congress this year, including permanance for Section 214

Extension of Section 214
PNWA’s request to make Section 214 permitting capabilities permanent

Addressing Regulatory Challenges in the NW
PNWA works with Congress and the federal agencies to address permitting delays

PNWA Dredge Fleet study
Makes the case for removing restrictions on the dredges Essayons and Yaquina

GAO Dredge Fleet Study
Federal GAO study validates PNWA study results

Columbia Snake River Biological Opinion (BiOp) Lawsuit
Current status and potential impacts

Snake River Dredging Lawsuit
Lawsuit settled; dredging completed; next step is Programmatic Sediment Management Plan

Programatic Sediment Management Plan
Reviews alternatives for reducing and managing sedimentation

Juvenile Fish Passage
Fish survival has increased dramatically since the 1970s, to higher than before the last four dams were built

Dam breaching is NOT the answer
Breaching is extreme, risky, bad for the economy and bad for the environment

Old Mouth of the Cowlitz
Maintenance dredging is needed to keep the channel open

Background on ports, trade, transportation, and energy

Columbia Snake River System Navigation
Cargo and cruise ship activities, environmental benefits and state-by-state economic benefits of navigation

Protecting the Columbia Snake River System
Long-term maintenance and repair needs at the locks

Lower Columbia River Ports
Port-by-port summary of navigation activities

Oregon and Washington Shallow Draft Ports
Port-by-port summary of navigation benefits

Puget Sound : Creating Jobs, Creating Opportunities
Trade overview and port-by-port summaries

CEDER - MTS Study Key Findings
One page on the region’s navigation, rail and roadway funding needs

CEDER – MTS Study Executive Summary
Overview of cargo flows, forecasts and infrastructure projects identified to meet the region’s trade and transportation needs

Hydropower
Economic and environmental benefits

Information on PNWA

PNWA by the numbers
Highlights of PNWA's success from FY2003-FY2008

PNWA - Where you want to be
About PNWA, our issues, where and with whom we work

How to gain maximum value from your PNWA membership

PNWA Policies and Projects
A complete listing of all PNWA policy positions and supported infrastructure projects for 2008

PNWA Staff Bios