The Nez Perce tribe and the state of Oregon joined this week a lawsuit
that seeks federal operations of the lower Snake River dams in accordance
with the federal Clean Water Act regulations.
According to the Nez Perce, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations
of the dams violate state and federal water quality standards. It also
accuses the Corps of considering the CWA standards for temperature and
dissolved gas as merely “aspirational” and says the Corps failure to consider
the …
