Judge raises concerns on fish plan
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:56 AM PST
GRANTS PASS (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the balancing act between salmon and Columbia Basin dams said he doesn’t think he can consider new steps the Obama administration wants to take.
In a letter on Friday to lawyers in the case, U.S. District Judge James Redden wrote he was concerned that federal law prohibits him from considering any of the new parts of the 2008 plan.