Making the Columbia River safe for salmon will be discussed Wednesday in Richland.

Kenneth Ham, a program manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will discuss research to make hydro-power dams more fish friendly while maintaining dam benefits, such as power generation.

He will speak at a 6 p.m. meeting of the Eastern Washington Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers in Conference Room B of the Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive.