Fishing and conservation groups Wednesday filed a lawsuit charging that
the federal government’s operation of the four Lower Snake River dams and
reservoirs violates the Clean Water Act and creates river conditions lethal
to salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit,
filed in federal district court in Portland, asks the court to declare
that the Army Corps of Engineers – named as the defendant – is violating
the Clean Water Act and must set a schedule to …
