I think the low power cost are a good thing for this state and I am not really sure how much the dams are hurting the fish runs. like others have said the predator and net problems are the thing that are killing the fish. one other thing. if the power companys would have made the dams "fish friendly" they would not have had to put all this money into barging and hatcheries. look at the Cowlitz if those dams were made "fish friendly" they would have not had to spend all that money on those hatcheries. just think of how low the power rates would be if they didn't have all those cost. just a one time chunk and it would have been done.


If they do remove the dams then I gues I will benifit anyway. I will be biulding new power generators and being a steam fitter I will make out like a bandit $$$ no I'm not talking about the fish cooking nucke plants but they have come allong way and now they have power plants that burn natural gas and it's cheap and clean. O.k nothing can be as clean as hydro power but gas is way better than nucke or coal!!!