Pushed for continued maximum spill, the Corps of Engineers last week
picked a "compromise" to finish off an operational request to
pass 4.1 million Spring Creek Hatchery tule fall chinook over Bonneville
Dam. An initial request from regional salmon managers had been for 10 days
of 24-hour spill to a 120 percent total dissolved gas supersaturation cap.
During a March 18 meeting of the multi-agency Technical Management Team,
the Corps agreed to the request, but asked that a …