Winter river flow downstream from Priest Rapids dams has been set at
a level that is expected to protect chinook egg beds throughout the Hanford
Reach in central Washington.
According to Grant County PUD, it is coordinating the effort among mid-Columbia
River dam operators to ensure chinook egg beds are covered with water until
the eggs hatch in spring 2000. A river level of 60,000 cubic feet per second
was determined by a survey of redds in the 1.5 mile section of river below
the dam …
