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"One difficulty with the reservoir is that it highly fluctuates between high and low water levels by almost 20 metres ... This fluctuation can cause problems with future habitat restoration in the Revelstoke Reach as it can be difficult in providing habitat for wildlife to settle, nest, and raise young ... Possible futures for the reservoir include trying to keep water levels more stable and with less variation. This could improve habitat for wildlife, increase cottonwoods and shrubs." ... See more

While the Columbia River channel hasn’t changed, the ecology has greatly due to Hugh Keenleyside Dam

“These expenditures have to be done now. There are lots of things in life you can put off for a decade. This is not one of them … This is a one-time shot.”

In a broad, billion-dollar bold request, Washington state's governor says it's time to act to save the whales.