[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 148 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SALMON FLUSH MODEL

  (Mr. METCALF asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, salmon rehabilitation on the Columbia River 
is required by the Endangered Species Act. In Washington State, a 
computer model called the flush model is being used by Federal agencies 
as the basis for Columbia River salmon recovery efforts. While this 
model is used to justify reservoir drawdowns and spend hundreds of 
millions of dollars of expenditures, its scientific base has never been 
made public nor subject to peer review.
  Despite months of repeated requests, I have not been able to obtain 
this model. The Resources Committee, under Chairman Young, will issue a 
formal request for a copy of this model, but this information should 
have been available for public and peer review before the planning and 
costs of salmon recovery began.
  But I have to ask: What do they have to hide?

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