I wont use names cowlitzfisherman but I am aware that you are familiar enough with the situation to know who I am talking about (not that there is anything to hide, but I do not have permission). In June when we had our first open to the public meeting, a representative from Friends of the Cowlitz approached us about the federal re-licencing project. FOC has been working with us since that point. It has taken some time for the main RFA office to get more up to speed as there is a whole lot of information to learn. I just got of the phone with FOC to give him the latest update. RFA has securred a conressional hearing through a congressman we work with who is a member of the fisheries subcommittee. It is now up to FOC and his people to determine if they want to take advantage of this (I believe they will). If they do, we will be flying someone out there to testify before the congressmen. I would guess there would be representatives from Ferc and NMFS to testify and possibly others. What would come out of this is unknown now, but at the minimum it would bring some exposure to the issue.
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Mike Gilchrist