The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week announced a delay in
releasing its draft environmental impact statement that will recommend
the fate of four lower Snake River dams.
In a related announcement, the National Marine Fisheries Service says
it
will delay its biological opinion on how the federal Columbia River
power system should be operated to restore endangered fish runs.
The Corps had intended to release the Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon
Migration Feasibility Study and EIS in