Drawdown Regional Economic Workgroup (DREW) Products

The potential economic effects of actions related to the lower Snake River have been analyzed by numerous entities throughout the region. To reduce conflicting analyses and pool resources for a more efficient effort, the Corps convened the Drawdown Regional Economic Workgroup (DREW). The purpose of DREW is to develop a combined regional economic analysis. Members of DREW include the Corps, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Bureau of Reclamation (BoR), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northwest Power Planning Council (NPPC), the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), and representatives of other interested groups. The DREW meetings, held in various locations throughout the region, on roughly a bi-monthly basis, were regularly advertised and open to the public. Members of the public and representatives of various interest groups regularly participated in and contributed to these meetings.

Drawdown Regional Economic Workgroup (DREW) Products

Power System Analysis
  • Technical Report on Hydropower Costs and Benefits - 31 March 1999 - Final Report - PDF Version
  • Power System Analysis - July 1999 - PDF Version
Recreation and Tourism Analysis
  • Recreation and Tourism Analysis - April 1999 - PDF Version
  • Recreation Use and NED Benefits Technical Chapter - October 1999 - PDF Version
Transportation Analysis
  • Technical Report - Transportation - 14 October 1999 - PDF Version
  • Technical Exhibit A - Survey of Snake River Grain Facilities - Jack Faucett Associates, Inc. - September 1998 - PDF Version
  • Technical Exhibit B - The National and Regional Economic Benefits of Commercial Navigation on the Snake River - The Tennessee Valley Authority and The Center for Business and Economic Research, Lewis College of Business - June 1998 - PDF Version
  • Technical Exhibit C - Transportation Study - Implication of Changes in the Columbia-Snake River System Waterway on Grain Logistics from the Traditional Portland Market Gathering Territory - Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, Fargo, North Dakota - August 1999 - PDF Version
  • Technical Exhibit D - Assumptions, Input Values and Example Reebie Modal Cost Estimates for Barge, Rail and Truck Transport - PDF Version
  • Technical Exhibit F - The Incremental Cost of Transportation Capacity in Freight Railroading: An Application to the Snake River Basin - The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Center for Business and Economic Research, Lewis College of Business - July 1998 - PDF Version
  • Transportation Analysis - October 1999 - PDF Version
Water Supply Analysis
Anadromous Fish Economic (Commercial) Analysis
  • Economic Impacts and Values for Changed Anadromous Fish Harvests Due to Lower Snake River Hydrosystem Management Actions and the Economic Impacts and Values for Anadromous Fish Harvests from the Columbia River Basin - October 1999 - PDF Version
    • Appendix 2.A, Anadromous Fish Size, Price, and Per Unit Economic Assumptions - PDF Version
    • Appendix 3.A, Snake River Anadromous Fish Run Size and Harvest Forecasts - PDF Version
    • Appendix 4.A, Hatchery Origin and Wild Origin Smolt Production - PDF Version
  • Anadromous Fish Economic Analysis - October 1999 - PDF Version
Implementation/Avoided Costs Analysis
  • Implementation/Avoided Costs - November 1999 - PDF Version
Passive Use Analysis
  • Passive Use Values of Wild Salmon and Free-Flowing Rivers - October 1999 - PDF Version
Tribal Circumstances and Perspectives Analysis
  • Tribal Circumstances and Perspectives Analysis of Impacts of the Lower Snake River Project on the Nez Perce, Yakima, Warm Springs, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - September 1999 - PDF Version
  • Tribal Circumstances and Perspectives Analysis - September 1999 - PDF Version
Regional Economic Analysis
Social Analysis Risk and Uncertainty Analysis
  • Risk and Uncertainty Assessment - December 1999 - PDF Version
Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Summary of Effects
Cost Allocation
Financial Analysis
Compensatory Actions