An agreement announced Wednesday paves the way for the removal Condit
Dam, an 125-foot-tall concrete wall that since 1913 has blocked salmon
and steelhead from spawning in upper reaches and tributaries of Washington’s
White Salmon River.
The voluntary agreement was reached after two years of negotiations.
The dam removal is slated to begin in 2006. The negotiations between the
Yakama Nation, PacifiCorp, American Rivers, the state of Washington, the
U.S. Department of Interior, …
