"Moore, Tom" wrote:
> . . .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
Do you think that they could explain what happened to the Elwah salmon then?
After all, they started diminishing in size and numbers after the dams were put
in place.
This kind of thinking blows me away.
Darin
