Oregon Considered
Scientists Test Gigantic Spillway Weirs
August 31, 2005
A federal court order to spill water at five Northwest dams expires at the end of Wednesday. Federal judge James Redden issued the decision after he threw out the government's salmon recovery plan earlier this summer.
The judge agreed with environmentalists that opening the spillways helps young fish pass the dams on their way to the ocean.
The rejected salmon plan also called for installation of gigantic devices called Removable Spillway Weirs on several of the dams. As Ley Garnett reports, scientists are testing the newest weir at a dam in southeast Washington.
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