The National Marine Fisheries Service this week issued a not likely
to jeopardize opinion on a Columbia River project to deepen 105 miles
of shipping channel from 40 to 43 feet.
To get the favorable opinion that allows the dredging project to move
forward, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had to commit to restoring more
than 5,000 acres of estuary wetlands over the next 10 years, monitor the
projects effects on endangered salmon, modify estuary flood gates and
open additional area up …
