Two high-profile regional leaders, one elected and the other appointed,
took the podium Aug. 11 in Helena, Mont., to urge the Northwest Power Planning
Council to take a leadership role to ensure that region retains the benefits
it now derives from the Columbia River.
Montana Gov. Marc Racicot said the four Northwest governors whose representatives
sit on the NWPPC want to “ensure the equitable distribution of the Basin’s
benefits” and a “fair and balanced sharing of the burden” of fish and
