The Technical Management Team this week decided to delay a test at McNary
Dam that, if it works, could offer insight into achieving cooler water
temperatures.
The TMT also decided to begin ramping down outflows at Dworshak Dam.
In the process, TMT members acknowledged that river operations decisions
after Aug. 31 will have less to do with endangered species survival and
more to do with other uses, such as power generation, as the National Marine
Fisheries Service biological opinion season
