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Thursday, March 31, 2005
Tribe drops challenge to dam conservation plans
WENATCHEE -- The Yakama Nation has abandoned its legal challenge of the proposed 50-year habitat conservation plans for three Columbia River dams.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates hydropower dams, approved the plans for Rock Island, Rocky Reach and Wells dams last June. The approval was one step in the relicensing process for the three dams.
In January, the tribes asked the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to review the federal agency's approval.
The Yakamas wanted more say concerning dam operations that can harm fish. They also have argued that the habitat plans wrongfully allow for reduction in salmon production at hatcheries, and do not mitigate the loss of coho salmon through the dams. The Tribal Council, however, last week authorized Yakama Nation Chairman Jerry Meninick to sign off on the three plans.
"The Yakama Nation has decided that their interests will better be served by asserting their role in the (habitat conservation plan) process," said Tim Weaver, an attorney for the tribes.
The tribes are interested in helping determine the amount of water spilled through the dam, the species of fish raised in hatcheries, and needs for habitat restoration work.
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