The Lake Chelan hydroelectric project produces only 48 megawatts of
electricity, small when compared to large projects on the Columbia River
mainstem. But the number of stakeholders who want a say in the way the
project will be operated when the dams license is due for renewal in 2004
is just as large as if it produced as much electricity as Bonneville Dam.
In addition to the usual fish and wildlife issues brought to the process
by the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Forest …
