Federal agencies that operate dams in the Columbia River Basin released
in December their assessment of the effects of the dams on endangered salmon
and steelhead, saying the operations would adversely affect six species
listed as endangered or threatened in 1999. While they chose to not recommend
changes to hydro operations, they did ask to begin consultations with the
National Marine Fisheries Service to develop a new Federal Columbia River
Power System biological opinion.
In the …
