The upper Deschutes Watershed has already been assessed and logging operations reviewed for exactly what Commissioner Edwards and PUD Commissioner Stearns are asking. DES appropriately focused on the issues around impacts from the 5th Avenue dam on the Deschutes/Budd estuary. In its overview of the watershed, the DES EIS provided an excellent description of how the upper watershed affects the lower basin and contributes to sediment loading. Nice work by the DES team on this EIS.
Bob Wubbena is wrong about his groups "independent" review. They are not independent. Bob is an owner of a Fiddlehead Marina, thus has a direct financial interest in keeping the dam in place as it reduces sediment moving into the bay. Nearly all the information from the reviews of his group have been found with key data gaps and misinterpretations that favor keeping the dam in place. Their questions were asked and answered by the DES EIS.
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