1.   A critic of Elwha dam removal, Gorton has moved toward putting up money for the federal government to buy both dams and tear down the lower dam.

2.   Cantrell said much of the environmental movement has already conceded that congressional approval would be required for dam removal.

3.   Environmentalists were disappointed that the plan proposes waiting five years to determine whether the measures are working and that it avoids dam removal.

4.   Gov. Gary Locke and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats with strong environmental records, have joined Republicans in opposing dam removal.

5.   He guided through the Senate legislation authorizing dam removal.

6.   He has steadfastly resisted spending more than a pittance of federal money on dam removal.

7.   He smashes down on an old irrigation dam in downtown Medford, Ore., marking the first dam removal for endangered species in the history of the Pacific Northwest.

8.   Opponents of dam removal did not welcome news of the letter.

9.   Pitted against the environmentalists are powerful economic interests opposed to dam removal, and elected officials from the state have lined up to decry the concept.

10.   Politicians in Washington state, citing the benefits of the dammed river for irrigation, transportation, hydropower and flood control, are generally opposed to dam removal.