. . .according to the Whatcom County Council"
Honest folks!!! You are going to get a hoot out of this one:
>From the Bellingham Herald, Wednesday April 5, 2000: Front page article
entitled "County Council approves letter supporting dams"
And I quote:
"A majority of the council members Tuesday endorsed a letter to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, President Clinton, presidential candidates Al Gore
and George W. Bush, and federal legislators which notes the dangers rivers
can pose to fish and ways in which dams can alleviate those hazards.
Council Chairwoman Marlene Dawson proposed the letter in reaction to a
request from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners which passed a
resolution last month against breaching Snake River dams.
'Natural rivers have always presented certain hazards,' the letter states.
'The shallows create higher temperatures and constricted areas where
predators find the fish easy prey. The rapids are notorious for bruising
and damaging fish.'
Dams, it says, make passage less demanding for fish."
. . . "council members Connie Hoag, Sam Crawford and Robert Imhof endorsed
the letter, giving it the necessary council majority. Hoag did not sign the
letter Tuesday night because she missed the night meeting. Council member
Ward Nelson also was absent."
The article goes on to describe discussions that went on before adoption of
the letter.
Yep, I am lost for words!
Moore later,
Tom
