In the largest damn removal in US history, the 2 hydro damns on the
Elwha River in Washington State will be removed over the next year,
after years of obstructionist game playing in which Ex Senator Slick
Slade Gorton did his damndest to play games and extract campaign funds
from rightwing jackdaws. The two damns, one 100' +, and another 200'+
sitting on National Park land, destroyed a run of King Salmon whose
largest examples ran to 100 pounds, as well as runs of Steelhead,
Coho, Pinks, etc.. The small amount of power produced used in 2 paper
mills will be easily replaced says BPA.

When the dams are down, the Elwha will run free from its headwaters in
the heart of the Olympic mountains, to the salt water of the Straits
of Juan de Fuca and, with luck, will become the foremost salmon river
in the lower 48 States.

After a bungled post retirement attempt to be the US voice for alleged
Somalian pirate money launderers, maybe the dufus Ex Senator will
finally return for burial to the family lair in Gloucester that
spawned him . . . and stay there.

Dave