Ports hire consultant to present dams policy

Port of Whitman County commissioners on April 2 approved a cooperative agreement to better inform the public about what three local ports are doing.

The Port of Whitman County along with the Port of Clarkston and the Port of Lewiston agreed to enlist Desimone Consulting Group to draw a regional picture of what the ports’ roles are in the region. Each port will chip in $10,000 for the program.

The agreement came about because conversation about breaching the dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers has come to the forefront again. Port commissioners want to be prepared to inform the public about h...