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The plan was a Whopper. It called for taking out dams and revamping the Northwest's power grid. Congressman Mike Simpson was the quarterback and he and his chief of staff had studied all the players and knew the playbook. The goal was to keep everyone currently in the game from getting hurt by the __ billion dollar revamping of the northwest power system. And to bring back the salmon, who were on a collision course with extinction.

He knew it was a Hail Mary pass. Too many pieces of the puzzle didn't line up right. He couldn't even get the Northwest's Congressional delegation on his side. They seemed happy to run out the clock, to kick the proverbial can down the road for another generation.

knew it was Hail Mary pass. His efforts united the various Tribes and got enviros on the same page. It was audacious in size and scope, but the Washington delegaton didn't get on board and his concept didn't get a Congressional hearing. Is it dead in the water?