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Leave it to the experts

Sun., Oct. 31, 2021

Breaching a dam will cause so much fine sediment to be deposited downstream it will ruin the salmon spawning habitat for years. Not to mention increased costs of loss of electrical production forever.

It should not be left up to politicians to decide what and how biological issues are decided.

James Alto

Retired wildlife biologist

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