Under the Clinton administration’s proposed budget for FY2001, spending
on Columbia River fish mitigation would increase by $33 million to $91
million.
The president’s budget request for the Army Corps of Engineers, which
was submitted to Congress on Monday, also contains $923,000 to complete
preconstruction and design for the lower Columbia River channel deepening
project and $8.2 million for the Willamette River temperature control project,
which is intended to improve conditions …
