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Washington State Favors Removing Condit Dam

Environment News Service, March, 2007

--> Removing Condit Dam and restoring a free-flowing White Salmon River will benefit salmon and steelhead and overall river health, according to the final Environmental Impact Statement, EIS, released today by the Washington state Department of Ecology.

The final EIS follows other technical reviews from federal government agencies - NOAA Fisheries, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - that highlight the benefits of dam removal.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has yet to issue a critical order that would keep the dam removal schedule on track for 2008.

Built in 1913, the 125 foot tall Condit Dam has no fish passage, limiting salmon and steelhead to the lower three miles of river. Condit Dam...

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