Two Northwest senators on Wednesday raised concerns over possible federal
requirements for additional spill at Columbia and Snake river dams to aid
salmon migration.
The issue arose during the first hearing of the Senate Water and Power
Subcommittee under the leadership of its new chairman, Sen. Gordon Smith,
R-Ore. The topic was the fiscal 2000 budget proposals for the Bureau of
Reclamation and federal power marketing agencies. Witnesses included Reclamation
Commissioner Eluid Martinez