Minimum Operating Pool For Lower Granite Dam: Corps Wants Higher Pool For Barges, Fishery Managers Say Stick To BiOp

In August, fishery managers at the multi-agency Technical Management Team rejected a bid by the Port of Clarkston on the lower Snake River in Idaho to raise the Lower Granite Dam reservoir one and a half feet above the normal minimum operating pool (MOP+2) to provide more depth for barges loading grain at the port’s dock.