Conservation and fishing organizations this week sent a “notice of intent
to sue” over flow augmentation policies in the Columbia River Basin.
The groups say the Bureau of Reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers, and
Bonneville Power Administration have failed to respond to the National
Marine Fisheries Services flow augmentation policies outlined in hydropower
biological opinions addressing endangered or threatened salmon and steelhead.
NMFS has set flow targets at Lower Granite Dam and …
