If you don't look at all the options you're totally biasing the process. I don't even know of a dam study where they don't consider it as an option. The resolution is non-binding, meaning the Army Corp of Engineers is not required to end consideration of dam removal. Federal and independent studies have shown that removing four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state is the best option for saving Snake River salmon. The dams are Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite.
Dams are obviously an obstruction to free flowing water.
You have to pick up your boat and carry it around the dam. This resolution is designed to take dam removal off the table before the public has a chance to weigh in. A draft of the environmental impact study by the Corp is due out in October. We have a study under way called the Lower Snake River Study. It is looking at three options.