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Thank you for the clarification. Are we then barking up the wrong tree trying to get the fed to tear them down. The private owners are the ones to go after. I know that is tough if the dams are owned by the electricity mafia but hey we all need to dream. The snake dams are a different story. My family owns hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland on the snake and removing the dams would screw things up pretty good. As I have said before the price of electricity will go up dramatically. I cannot believe that there are not ways of designing fish ladders that would help propagate the species. For the money I think we could probably build small streams around the dams for less money. Perhaps from hand picked gravel. I have VERY LITTLE faith in the gov't when it comes to solving problems that they caused. (or didn't for that matter) Why not demand hatcheries above every dam on the snake and perpetual staffing and maintenance and make the keeping or killing of unclipped fish a free trip to Walla Walla for a few months. The dworshak hatchery and dam in Orofino ID maintains the economy of nearly the entire community, and with only a winter run over eight dams. I'm not in line for that land so I don't have a vested interest in the dams outside of my electric bill (which is reasonable). I just like to think of solutions rather than problems and the best solution is to have fish and functioning dams. Is this a pipe dream or what?????