Once again, someone looking for a silver bullet. Backlash, your argument is very similar to the anti 696 argument, and it's flawed for the same reason. There is no one thing that will bring the Snake river stocks (or any other failing stocks) back. There are a lot of different parts to any solution. The fact remains that removal of the lower Snake dams would be the largest contributor to recovery. Nobody questions this,even Bruce Lovelin.

Ironhead, you're right. The John Day pool is a killer. You're also mistaken: the bypass screens at John Day are also killers and the barging program has had mediocore results at best and probably lead to a much higher than normal straying rate among wild fish.