A key Democratic congressman on power and salmon issues has sharply
criticized environmentalists’ national campaign to breach four lower Snake
River dams, saying it is alienating him and other friendly members of the
Northwest delegation.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., took issue with the campaign’s portrayal
of breaching as a "budgetary windfall" for the federal government
and with its plan to seek support among members of Congress who have long
charged that the Northwest’s …