Snake River dam removal at issue in pending report

River users and environmentalists are anxiously awaiting an environmental review that will consider the removal of four Lower Snake River dams. The draft environmental impact statement, due Friday, was ordered by a federal judge in 2016. It’s the first broad analysis of how operations on the federal Columbia River System affect the environment, including endangered salmon and orcas, in more than two decades. The review will look at a wide range of possible actions, but removing the Lower Granite,…