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• May 6, 2008: The feds' latest plan to restore Columbia salmon leaves dam operations largely intact. The third try for a blueprint on restoring fish runs will go before a federal judge who has threatened severe limits
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• May 6, 2008: Latest dam plan already under fire from groups. 
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• May 5, 2008: Agencies issue plan to run Columbia dams, preserve salmon. 
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• April 20, 2008: Celebrating Earth Day in Marin. 
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• April 18, 2008: Big fish visits farmers market.  Shoppers at the farmers' market downtown Thursday night had a chance to check out the 25-foot steel and fiberglass fish that is heading to Washington, D.C., as part of an educational campaign about the decline of the northwest salmon population.
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• April 12, 2008: End of coast's 150-year-old fishery looms. The ban on all commercial and sport fishing for chinook salmon in California and most of Oregon this year could be the beginning of the end for a whole way of life.
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• April 11, 2008: Offshore salmon fishing severely curtailed. A $61 million annual West Coast industry is shuttered as the Sacramento River chinook run collapses
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• April 10, 2008: Deal with tribes could raise rates up to 4 percent, Bonneville says. Not all of the money will go to new fish-protection programs, the agency also says
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• April 9, 2008: Less money to save salmon; CA, OR ban likely. 
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• April 9, 2008: $540M in New Projects in Salmon Deal. 
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• April 9, 2008: Restrictions tightening on Columbia. Snake River dams again in cross hairs
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• April 7, 2008: Deal Reached Over Protection of Salmon. A compromise reached Monday with four Northwest Indian tribes would commit federal agencies to spend $900 million over the next decade on improving conditions for endangered salmon while leaving intact hydroelectric dams that harm fish.
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• April 7, 2008: BPA, tribes reach settlement over protecting fish. Federal officials have reached a settlement with four of five Northwest tribes that would leave hydroelectric dams in the Columbia Basin intact and commit federal agencies to spend $900 million on improving conditions for endangered salmon.
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• March 28, 2008: Scientists: Fish plans should be tweaked. NOAA draft opinion on fish management needs to include climate change provisions, study says
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• March 21, 2008: LA TIMES: Noah's Ark for salmon. To survive global warming, we must help the fish reach pristine spawning grounds.
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• February 26, 2008: AP: Judge extends Columbia dam operations to aid salmon. 
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• February 4, 2008: HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Nevada stakes its salmon claim. Snake River dams run up against a powerful alliance in an unlikely place
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• January 6, 2008: THE OREGONIAN: Warming could fry Northwest salmon . 
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• December 20, 2007: AP: Senate Democrats Thwart Craig's Anti-Salmon Measure. 
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• December 11, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Judge rips latest plan to help salmon. 
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• December 10, 2007: AP: Federal judge critical of salmon plans . 
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• November 28, 2007: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR:Clean energy vs. whales: how to choose?. Northwest's dams are a source of clean energy. But scientists say they endanger salmon and orcas
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• November 22, 2007: VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Save the salmon, save the orcas. 
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• November 6, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Fate of salmon and hydroelectric production lie in the hands of a federal judge. 
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• November 1, 2007: LEWISTON TRIBUNE: Officials claim fish are not jeopardized by dam plans. 
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• November 1, 2007: NEW YORK TIMES: Biologists for Agency Endorse Dams Plan. 
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• October 31, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: New plan sets up court fight over salmon. 
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• September 29, 2007: AP: Democrats Step Up on Salmon Issues. 
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• September 26, 2007: CROSSCUT: Eating our way out of extinction. 
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• September 21, 2007: LAS VEGAS SUN: Left high and dry, salmon make powerful friends in Nevada . 
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• September 7, 2007: LEWISTON TRIBUNE: Latest salmon recovery plan panned by environmentalists. 
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• September 7, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Feds reel out third salmon plan. 
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• September 6, 2007: IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS - Salmon numbers remain low. 
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• August 31, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Craig's departure would fundamentally change salmon debate in Congress. 
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• August 30, 2007: VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Salmon debate may be affected by Craig controversy. 
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• July 29, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Idaho chinook still in trouble. 
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• July 18, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Two states, divided by salmon. Unlike Oregon, Washington supports federal Columbia River fish recovery plans that leave dams' power output essentially intact
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• June 24, 2007: AP: Judge wags finger at BPA for boosting power at expense of salmon. 
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• June 21, 2007: VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Judge: Protect salmon better. 
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• June 20, 2007: IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS: Leaders back salmon study. 
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• June 20, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Customers, 1; fish, 0 . A mad scramble to meet Northwest energy demands forces the BPA to make a tough -- and illegal -- call to put salmon protections second
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• June 20, 2007: AP: Feds: Don't expect much change in plan for Columbia River dams. 
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• June 15, 2007: NEW YORK TIMES: Only Wild Fish Matter in ‘Endangered’ Count. 
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• June 14, 2007: SEATTLE P-I: Judge sides with wild salmon. 
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• June 14, 2007: SEATTLE TIMES: Bush policy errs on species protection. 
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• June 13, 2007: AP: Oregon says federal dam agencies must do better for Columbia Basin salmon. 
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• June 12, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Chefs turn lobbyists on Hill to save wild salmon . 
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• May 25, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Judge stiffens salmon rules . 
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• May 23, 2007: LEWISTON TRIBUNE: Salmon recovery draft plan criticized. 
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• May 23, 2007: OREGONIAN: Newest recovery plan dismays salmon advocates . 
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• May 22, 2007: AP: New salmon recovery proposal fails to consider dam breaching. 
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• May 13, 2007: NEW YORK TIMES: Dam's Allies Have a Change of Heart . 
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• May 8, 2007: LOS ANGELES TIMES: Chefs lobby D.C. to save wild salmon. 
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• May 7, 2007: TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE: Chefs urge Congress to protect wild salmon. 
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• May 5, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Smaller catch, shorter season likely this year. 
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• May 3, 2007: USA TODAY: Washington will destroy dams to revive a river. 
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• April 29, 2007: LEWISTON MORNING TRIBUNE - Breaching rises again. 
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• April 25, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: One fish, two fish, dead fish. 
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• April 17, 2007: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Wild salmon win respite in US court. 
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• April 15, 2007: VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Pressure builds on Snake River dams. 
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• April 14, 2007: AP:Court rulings on environment go against Bush administration. 
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• April 10, 2007: SPOKANE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW: Court rejects administration salmon plan. 
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• April 10, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Federal dam plan is illegal. 
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• April 10, 2007: NY TIMES: Fish Protection Lags, Court Agrees . 
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• April 10, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Court finds feds no help to fish. 
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• April 9, 2007: AP: Appeals court rejects Bush salmon plan for Columbia dams. 
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• April 9, 2007: Oregon Public Broadcasting: Appeals Court Rejects Bush Plan To Manage Salmon. 
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• April 8, 2007: DAILY ASTORIAN: Limited salmon season worries fishers. 
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• April 7, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Southern salmon season gets a green light, but restrictions bite hard to the north. 
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• April 6, 2007: SEATTLE TIMES: Global warming could deal big blow to salmon. 
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• April 5, 2007: SEATTLE P-I: Fishing on Columbia even worse than feared. 
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• April 2, 2007: THE OREGONIAN: Chinook, the king of spring. 
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• March 23, 2007: FINANCIAL TIMES (LONDON): Hydropower - It's not the solution it seems. 
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• March 21, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Cost of removing dams depends on assumptions. 
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• March 20, 2007: VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Commercial fishing gets green light to catch chinook. 
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• March 18, 2007: EDMONTON JOURNAL (ALBERTA CA): Salmon's future bleak on Pacific coast. 
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• March 14, 2007: IDAHO STATESMAN: Bill asks for new studies of salmon. 
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• March 14, 2007: VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Bill urges study of fish funds. 
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• March 14, 2007: LEWISTON MORNING TRIBUNE - Rep. McDermott wants dam review. 
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• March 2, 2007: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: Oregon Territory with Christy George. Oregon Public Radio interview with Nicole Cordan
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• February 28, 2007: PACIFIC NORTHWEST INLANDER: Pulling the plug on Snake River dams. 
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• February 28, 2007: PACIFIC NORTHWEST INLANDER: Respected scientist concludes dams must go. FORMER UTILITY CONSULTANT DON CHAPMAN SWITCHES SIDES
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• February 26, 2007: AP: Judge extends Columbia dam operations to aid salmon. 
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• February 4, 2007: LA TIMES: The tide may be turning for salmon. In the battle over salmon recovery, it's no longer about inconveniencing humans.
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• February 3, 2007: SUMMIT DAILY NEWS: Judge is poised to pull down some dams. 
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• January 30, 2007: THE HILL: Court ruling on salmon hooks pork . 
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• January 25, 2007: GRIST: The River Dry. 
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• January 25, 2007: WASHINGTON POST: Court Rejects Senator's Bid To Eliminate Fish Agency. 
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• January 22, 2007: HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Salmon Justice. An interview with U.S. District Judge James Redden
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• January 11, 2007: PACIFIC NORTHWEST INLANDER: Bruce Babbitt - Hammerin' Man. 
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• December 1, 2006: SEATTLE PI: All parts of Northwest have stake in salmon. 
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• November 20, 2006: UPI: Wind strong enough to doom dams?. 
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• November 17, 2006: AP: Senator tries to overturn salmon ruling with rider. 
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• November 16, 2006: LEWISTON TRIBUNE: Dam breaching is a win-win deal, new study claims . 
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• November 16, 2006: IDAHO STATESMAN: Breaching dams would save money, salmon. 
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• October 12, 2006: TRI-CITY HERALD: Campaign Bids to Preserve Salmon, Help Farmers . 
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• October 7, 2006: THE OREGONIAN: Kitzhaber, Babbitt agree: Breach dams to save fish. A regional plan including removal of four dams is the only way to save the Northwest runs
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• October 7, 2006: AP: Former governors say salmon recovery endangered . 
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• October 6, 2006:  VANCOUVER COLUMBIAN: Breach Snake River dams, says ex-Secretary Babbitt. 
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• October 6, 2006: SPOKANE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW: Babbitt calls for river debate. 
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• October 6, 2006: WASHINGTON POST: Bush Policy Irks Judges in West. Rulings Criticize Agencies for Not Protecting the Environment
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• October 5, 2006: AG WEEKLY: New Water Plan is 'Serious Stuff'. 
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• September 28, 2006: THE OREGONIAN: Judge warns feds on salmon plans. 
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• September 28, 2006: Judge Says Region Cannot Afford Another Failed Salmon Plan. 
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• September 27, 2006: LEWISTON MORNING TRIBUNE: Judge’s Ruling Draws Ire of Idaho Republican Lawmakers. 
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• September 19, 2006: WALL STREET JOURNAL: Net Loss - Inside the Federal Failure Of $8 Billion Effort To Save Prized Fish. Few Survive Long Trip Through Bonneville's Dams
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• September 11, 2006: IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS: Salmon Returns Continue Long Decline. Only 3 Sockeye Reach Redfish Lake
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• August 27, 2006: SEATTLE TIMES: Endangered sockeye show up in Idaho. 
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• August 23, 2006: IDAHO STATE JOURNAL: Fall Chinook Salmon Runs Nearly Extinct . 
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• August 9, 2006: IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS: River Guide Kayaks 900 Miles to Help Salmon. 
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• July 26, 2006: IDAHO STATESMAN: Technology Adds New Wrinkle to Salmon Debate. 
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• June 16, 2006: Spokane Spokesman-Review: Panel says to let sockeye run die. Scientists say recovery ineffective, but Idaho governor calls for it to continue
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• June 14, 2006: Idaho Statesman: Panel says kill sockeye program. An independent science panel says it is time to end the unique captive breeding-and-rearing program designed to keep Redfish Lake's endangered sockeye salmon from going extinct. But ending the program, popular with salmon and dam advocates, would doom one of Idaho's wild icons, biologists say. The federal Endangered Species Act requires the federal government to prevent extinction— unless a little-used, presidentially appointed panel, nicknamed the God Squad, voted to eliminate the species.
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• May 25, 2006: AP: Judge tells government to start over on upper Snake River plan. U.S. District Judge James Redden ruled Tuesday that NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must consider the effects a dozen irrigation projects on the upper Snake River have on salmon in conjunction with the operations of hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers - not separately.
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• May 24, 2006: The Idaho Statesman: Judge orders new plans to protect salmon. A federal judge on Tuesday scolded the U.S. government for ducking its legal duty to protect Snake River salmon and steelhead and ordered new plans to save the fish.
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• May 24, 2006: Seattle Times: Judge - Idaho plan violates Endangered Species Act. PORTLAND — In a ruling that reaches deep into Northwest farm country, a federal judge on Tuesday found that a salmon-management plan for a network of Idaho irrigation and water-storage dams violates the Endangered Species Act.
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• May 13, 2006: AP: Chinook run will reopen today. PORTLAND — The spring chinook salmon run in the Columbia River is back in force, and the sports fishery will reopen from the upper Bonneville pool to McNary Dam beginning today.
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• May 10, 2006: AP: Scientists change estimate for Spring chinook run. Fisheries scientists, counting fewer fish than expected, have changed their official estimate of this year's tardy run of spring chinook salmon in the Columbia River.
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• May 8, 2006: OPB: Spring Chinook Finally Starting To Show Up At Bonneville Dam. PORTLAND, OR 2006-05-08 Columbia River fish managers are still clinging to hope that the Spring Chinook run will reach their pre-season expectations. As Ley Garnett reports, biologists are optimistic that the low count so far is only because the run is extremely late in getting underway this year.
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• May 6, 2006: The Oregonian: Revised prediction due next week in light of dismal chinook returns. Saturday, May 06, 2006 KEITH RIDLER Fishery managers in the Northwest predicted that 88,000 spring chinook would swim upstream past Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River this year, but fewer than 20 percent of that number have done so late in the season.
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• May 4, 2006: The Associated Press: Judge weighs combined salmon plan . PORTLAND — Groups hoping to see four dams on the lower Snake River breached to make way for salmon asked a judge Wednesday to order the government to consider the upper and lower parts of the river together when deciding whether federal dams harm threatened and endangered salmon.
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• April 29, 2006: Seattle Times: Spring run of chinook could be worst ever. PORTLAND -- At this time of year, the Columbia Basin's fabled spring chinook should be swarming past the Bonneville Dam. As of Thursday, fewer than 2,300 had swum through fish passages compared with a late-April average of more than 80,000 fish over the past decade.
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• April 22, 2006: The Idaho Statesman: Outlook for chinook season looks bleak. Happy days could be over for Idaho salmon anglers: Chinook runs are smaller than expected and returning later than normal.
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• March 25, 2006: Associated Press: Rally Targets Possible Coastal Salmon Fishing Ban. Fishermen' Rally
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• March 24, 2006: The Daily Astorian: White House is 'screwing fishermen'. Fishermen's Rally 3/06
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• March 24, 2006: The Daily News: Fishermen Rally in Astoria. Fishermen's Rally 3/06
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• March 24, 2006: The Oregonian: Protesters In Astoria Assail Fish Policies. Federal threats of severe restrictions or a closure draw 300 people to Astoria's waterfront
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• March 7, 2006: Seattle Post Intelligencer: Managers to close salmon fisheries in Oregon and Northern California. Federal fisheries managers in Seattle on Tuesday declared their intention to close summer salmon fisheries off Oregon and Northern California to protect a stock battered by controversial water diversions to help farmers.
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• October 27, 2003: ONLY TWO OR THREE SOCKEYE RETURN TO STANLEY BASIN THIS YEAR. By Barry Espenson, Columbia Basin Bulletin
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• October 23, 2003: The Boston Globe. BREAKING DOWN THE WALL A COALITION PLANS TO BUY AND DEMOLISH THE VEAZIE DAM IN MAINE TO CLEAR 500 MILES ON THE PENOBSCOT RIVER TO SALMON, OTHER FISH $25M RIVER INITIATIVE SEEKS TO OPEN NEW ERA
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• October 22, 2003: Eureka Times-Standard. Draft federal report: Low flows spawned fish kill
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• October 14, 2003: GREENWIRE - EPA paves way for federal agencies to skirt temperature standards. By Natalie M. Henry, Greenwire reporter
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• October 14, 2003:  Idaho Falls Post Register (Idaho Falls, Idaho).  Water groups take break from talks - Environmental coalition putting salmon-protection suit on hold
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• September 5, 2003: Water users warn threatened suit could be disastrous. By DAN GALLAGHER, Associated Press Writer. Idaho water users say the threat of an environmentalist suit over the federal government's operation of upper Snake River dams would cause far more trouble than the conflict between fish and farms in the Klamath River Basin.
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• May 13, 2003: The Daily Astorian - River System Needs Renovation. The decisions in the 1960s and '70s that allowed construction of the Snake River dams would almost certainly never pass legal muster today. The dams were controversial at the time, but slid into existence thanks to plenty of political grease of the same slimy consistency that fended off breaching studies these past couple of years.
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• April 10, 2002: SALMON: New study links delayed mortality to stress from dams . A group of four biologists have published an independent study in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management linking delayed mortality of Snake River salmon to their having to pass around or through as many as eight hydroelectric dams during migration.
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