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In Washington’s Yakima Valley and in northern Colorado, water developers want to build kindler, gentler “off-channel” reservoirs.
by Joshua Zaffos,
Sep 10, 2008
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Bill Croke celebrates his brand-new, old-fashioned lifestyle: living upstairs in an old brick building in downtown Salmon, Idaho.
by Bill Croke,
Sep 05, 2008
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Ted Williams says killing fish, birds and sea lions to
save endangered salmon is like drinking snake-oil elixir to cure a
serious illness.
by Ted Williams,
May 12, 2008
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Rocky Barker says four Northwestern tribes stopped
fighting the federal government over dam-breaching on the Snake
River largely because they could read the political writing on the
walls.
by Rocky Barker,
Apr 21, 2008
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Nevada sportsmen, tribes and environmentalists ask the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to renew licenses for
Hells Canyon’s dams until Idaho Power makes it possible for
salmon to survive its dams.
by Ken Olsen,
Feb 04, 2008
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Chefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter;
electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and
visitors
by Jonathan Thompson,
May 28, 2007
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An illustrated timeline charts the appearance of dams on
the lower Snake River and the resulting decline of salmon, along
with the so-far-inadequate response of the federal
government.
by Ken Olsen,
Jan 22, 2007
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Judge Jim Redden is right to push the Bush administration
on salmon restoration, but fish may end up faring as poorly in
courtrooms as San Francisco’s schoolchildren did after
well-intentioned decisions on busing.
by John Mecklin,
Jan 22, 2007
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Judge Jim Redden has given the Bush administration an
ultimatum: Submit a viable plan for salmon restoration, or face the
possible removal of four dams on the lower Snake River.
by Ken Olsen,
Jan 22, 2007
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Six decades after Friant Dam killed off the San Joaquin
River’s spring-run chinook, the Natural Resources Defense
Council and the Friant Water Users Authority are working with the
federal government to restore both the fish and the river
by Matt Jenkins,
Dec 11, 2006
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