Computer training for one year. Just call it Save Our Dams week. The House Agriculture and Ecology Committee has scheduled a hearing Tuesday afternoon on legislation that aims to keep the federal government's hands off of Snake and Columbia river dams.
Supporters hope to pack the room.
The subject of Tuesday's hearing will be two measures introduced in the House on Wednesday. One, House Joint Memorial 4010, requests that the federal government acknowledge that breaching dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers would not be more beneficial to salmon and steelhead recovery efforts than other options, such as barging fish around the dams. The other, House Bill 1920, attempts to carve out a role for the state should the federal government still proceed with breaching proposals. The Army Corps of Engineers is considering breaching the four lower Snake River dams in an attempt to revive fish runs. Congress will make the final decision.