Keeping The Snake River Dams
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From Washington State to Washington D.C.: “Don’t even think about it.” That is the message from protesters to the federal government who are entreating the thought of breaching Snake River dams to aid salmon runs. Here in the Pacific Northwest salmon have become famous, but that means and inc ....
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.... when four species of salmon were placed on the Endangered Species List. According to a Protecting the Environment ’99 article “A look at the impacts of removing dams” by Chris Fowler, it states, “The listing triggered a series of events which have led the Army Corps of Engineers to consider the removal of four dams on the Lower Snake River.” There is no disputing the fact that the number of native salmon swimming in the rivers and streams of the Pacific Northwest are dangerously l ....
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