Two large dams on the Clark Fork River have been re-licensed through
an unprecedented negotiating process with just one hitch that has been
temporarily solved. Avista Corp., formerly known as Washington Water Power
Co., met a Feb. 28 deadline to file its re-licensing documents for the
Cabinet Gorge Dam in Idaho and the Noxon Rapids dam in Montana. What set
the filing apart from others across the country was that it included a
settlement agreement that was approved before the deadline. …
