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Lawmakers
push feds to better help salmon
Preservation
- The group also wants officials to look at axing four dams Nearly 100
members of Congress are demanding that the federal government do a
better job protecting Northwest salmon from the effects of Columbia
River dams -- and that officials consider removing four dams on the
Lower Snake River in Washington.
The
Oregonian
U.S. Reps. Earl
Blumenauer, a Democrat from
They said the draft plan
the government has come up with to offset the damage done by dams is no
better than others that have been rejected by the courts, and may do
even less for salmon in some respects.
They noted that taxpayers
and Northwest utility ratepayers have spent more than $7 billion on
salmon restoration, with no appreciable progress toward recovery of the
species.
"Salmon recovery is
worth significant federal investment -- after all, these fish are a
cherished national resource, vital to the treaty tribes of the
If the federal government
doesn't improve on its current plan for salmon, "our nation will be
faced with yet more gridlock, uncertainty and expense" as imperiled
populations of salmon continue to decline, they wrote.
Federal agencies are
revising their latest blueprint for salmon after receiving public input
and face a court order to finish it by May 5.
-- Michael Milstein
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