"Fishing" for Something New in Latest Plan to Save Endangered Salmon
Thursday, May 24, 2007
The "new" list of actions is in, but local river experts say nothing is new. Federal agencies have filed a list of proposals to save endangered Idaho salmon, including barging fish around dams and improving habitat. Amanda Peacher with Idaho Rivers United says those things have been tired for years with little success.
“It's the same story as we've seen before, similar to the efforts that have gone on before. These will not recover wild salmon.”
Federal scientists have cited the four dams on the Lower Snake River as the most deadly to fish, but talk of removing the dams is controversial. The dams are used for hydro-power and agricultural irrigation.
Peacher says the latest proposals come at a time when Chinook salmon numbers are a third of what was expected.
“So far, the returns over the last of eight federal dams on the Columbia and Snake River are not good.”
Federal agencies filed the proposals with a judge in Portland this week.
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