Washington Republican Sen. Slade Gorton will be proposing legislation
requiring that federal agencies each year submit their Columbia Basin fish
recovery projects to a science review panel for evaluation before Congress
approves funding.

Gorton had hoped the science review requirement would be included in
the 1999 energy and water appropriations bill approved by a House-Senate
conference committee Thursday night (Sept. 24). But the effort was rebuffed
by Rep. Joseph McDade, chairman …