21.   They will also cost almost as much as removing the dams.

22.   Ultimately, FERC ordered the dam removed at the expense of Edwards Manufacturing Company.

23.   U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., is a strong critic of removing the dams.

24.   Also deleted was a section that would have blocked consideration of removing Snake River dams in Washington state to help struggling salmon populations.

25.   American Indian tribes and environmentalists want to remove the dams to return the river to a more natural condition.

26.   County officials had rebuffed demands to remove the dam.

27.   Since last year, some two dozen dams have been removed from Idaho to North Carolina, and at least a dozen others are scheduled to go this year.