On October 12th, Washington's Dept. of Ecology released its final 401 Water Quality Certificate for removal of Condit Dam on the White Salmon River.

In May, Washington Governor Gregoire signed SB 5881 into law, creating a fresh funding source for the hydropower dam programs within the state Departments of Ecology and of Fish and Wildlife. The law updates an existing fee assessed to hydropower dam owners that was set in 1929 and never changed.