Applying science and law to protect, restore, and sustain waters of the Snake River Basin.

Comments submitted in Idaho state case against Simplot

In August 2025, the State of Idaho filed its own claims against Simplot over its decades of unchecked pollution at its Grand View concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). The state is seeking penalties (though they are far reduced from what we would have sought in our federal case) and is requiring Simplot to hold a […]

Letter opposing H.R. 2073 – “Defending Our Dams Act”

Snake River Waterkeeper joined a large coalition of salmon advocacy groups in voicing our strong opposition to H.R. 2073, or the “Defending Our Dams Act.” If passed, H.R. 2073 would permanently ban the use of federal funds to replace any of the services provided by the lower Snake River dams, regardless of the benefits those projects […]

Victory for Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Superfund case

The 9th Circuit issued an opinion on Friday in favor of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in their litigation over the Blackrock Land Exchange. The case challenged a proposed exchange between the U.S. Department of Interior and J.R. Simplot Company that would have expanded phosphate mining and added toxic waste piles to the Eastern Michaud Flats Superfund site. In […]

City of Kuna forced to clean up its wastewater treatment plant

Following on the heels of the notice letter SRW sent to the City of Kuna notifying it that we would be forced to sue if the City failed to clean up polluting operations at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality stepped in and filed suit over the WWTP’s repeated Clean […]

Comments submitted to EPA on AFO regulations

Snake River Waterkeeper joined EarthJustice and a long list of advocacy groups in submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the EPA to finalize its draft Air Emissions Estimating Methodologies for Animal Feeding Operations — a rule that would help regulate toxic air pollution caused by animal feeding operations (AFOs). AFOs are leading […]

Comments submitted on Wells Dam

SRW joined a broad coalition of other conservation and social justice groups in submitting comments to the Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) expressing our concern and frustration over the institution’s proposal to classify the Wells Dam on the Columbia River as “low impact” hydropower even though the dam has clear and well documented negative impacts […]

Comments submitted on Simplot draft waste discharge permit in WA

SRW teamed up with the Center for Food Safety, Columbia Riverkeeper and Food & Water Watch to submit comments on the draft Waste Discharging Permit for Simplot Feeders LLC over its massive feedlot located in eastern Washington on the Columbia River. The feedlot generates approximately 292,000 tons of manure every year and tens of millions […]

Amicus Brief Filed in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Blackrock Land Exchange Case

For the past few years, Snake River Waterkeeper has been working with a broad coalition of advocacy groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project, WildEarth Guardians, Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance and a host of other water advocacy groups to provide legal support to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in their ongoing case against Simplot, […]