The Columbia River Alliance wants its proposed $200 million a year salmon
recovery plan to be one of the options in Bonneville Power Administration’s
"Keep the Options Open" fish and wildlife funding process.
Currently, BPA is considering a future fish and wildlife budget that
includes salmon recovery scenarios with annual costs ranging from $439
million to $786 million a year for the years 2002-2006. For the years 2007-2012,
some of the drawdown options reach as high as …