The National Marine Fisheries Service released
four draft white papers from its Northwest Fisheries Science Center on
aspects of salmon survival through the Columbia/Snake River hydropower
system that it says will provide scientific background for the upcoming
NMFS 1999 biological opinion.
NMFS will take comments on the studies
until Oct. 29, and after that the papers will influence both the 1999 BiOp
and the way the Columbia River power system will operate in the coming
years.
The …
