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Related: Kickstarting salmon salvation? Obama administration makes new moves for endangered fish; Salmon Salvation Obama’s new political order, backed by the legal acumen of Judge James Redden, may help the Northwest’s salmon survive and end the era of the Lower Snake River dams.; Tribes make a controversial deal on salmon 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.; Nevada stakes its salmon claim 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.; Two weeks in the West Chefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter; electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and visitors

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