The Ice Harbor Dam on the Lower Snake River near Burbank, Wash. (JACKIE JOHNSTON/The Associated Press) Via The Seattle Times

“Anyone who believes our dam-managing agencies can do the right thing when it comes to salmon recovery is kidding themselves.”

It’s a familiar story. The stark disconnect between the people’s mandate and the government’s actions. This excellent piece by Jim Waddell, in the Seattle Times, discloses what he saw during his time with the Army Corps of Engineers as deputy district engineer at the Walla Walla District, which operates the four dams on the Lower Snake River in Eastern Washington. If you care about the future of wild salmon and steelhead, it’s worth your time,

“DAM-MANAGING AGENCIES WON’T DO THE RIGHT THING FOR SNAKE RIVER DAMS”