lovetofish365: I think you mis-heard your friend speak. There is a HUGE amount of sediment built-up behind the dams, and sediment renders the habitat useless to anadromous fish.

The amount of local buracracy we deal with in moving civil engineering projects forward is daunting enough, I can't even imagine dealing with the Feds on a project with as many entanglements as are associated with dam removal. So give-em a break. At least they are moving forward.