Steelyhorn,

First off, I was not trying to offend you. If I have I am truely sorry. Second off, as a matter of fact I do work in a field that would be little affected by the loss of agriculture, as does my wife. I have had two jobs in the area and both were technology jobs, there are more here than you might think. Obviously there could be severe impacts to the local economy, but frnakly the local grain farmers are not doing to well anyway.

I mentioned soft white because it and woodchips are about all that is barged down the Snake. Plain and simple. Fact is, though there has been significant dmamge to the watersheds, there is far more useable habitat in the snake river drainage than fish. The Minam, Grand Ronde and sever other streams have headwaters deep in no-mans land. The fish simply are not getting to and from. Between harvest (in the ocean and on the Columbia proper) and the dams, not much makes it through. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the voters of this state voted not to ban commercial fishing in WA (I know the fishing would have continued in AK and on the high seas). There is nothing a voter referendum can do about tribal fishing. But there is, through the elected officals, something that can be done about the Snake river dams. That's all. No offence intended.