The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers choice to deepen 105 miles of the
Columbia and Willamette rivers and dump much of the dredged spoils either
in the estuary or offshore over productive crab beds is the most environmentally
damaging alternative the Corps could have chosen and it will set back salmon
recovery efforts, according to a council of governments in the Columbia
River estuary.
The Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce, which represents lower Columbia
River governments in both …
