The Northwest Power Planning Council Tuesday decided to phase-out funding
for the multi-agency Columbia Basin salmon science team known as PATH —
Plan for Analyzing and Testing Hypotheses.
The broad-based group of scientists had asked for nearly $2 million
to fund seven projects and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority
had recommended that $1.67 million be spent. The Councils Independent
Science Review Panel, however, said that the group had outlived its usefulness
and …