Press Release Archive

• May 15, 2008: FISHERMEN, SCIENTISTS LOOK TO CONGRESS FOR LEADERSHIP IN WAKE OF WEST COAST SALMON COLLAPSE. PANELISTS TESTIFY AT HOUSE HEARING THAT PATH TO WEST COAST SALMON RECOVERY IS URGENTLY NEEDED
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• May 5, 2008: Bush Administration Fails to Address Salmon Decline. Latest dam operations fails to heed court rulings, leaves problems to next administration
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• May 5, 2008: Congress urged to act as Bush Administration fails to deliver on new Pacific Northwest Salmon Plan. Plan for Columbia-Snake River Basin buries Science, Ignores Dam Removal
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• April 9, 2008: FISHING COALITION SEEKS RECOVERY OF DECIMATED WEST COAST SALMON RUNS. Dwindling Returns on Three Major West Coast Salmon Rivers, Plight of West Coast Fishermen Drives Renewed Push for Long-term Solutions – Including the Removal of Four Lower Snake River Dams
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• April 7, 2008: BPA deal won’t recover salmon or protect ratepayers. Scientists, ratepayer groups and salmon advocates respond to federal-tribal deal on Columbia-Snake River dams
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• March 27, 2008: GLOBAL WARMING HEATS UP URGENCY OF SALMON RECOVERY EFFORTS. New Scientific Report on Columbia Basin Warns of Changes; Offers Solutions
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• February 26, 2008: Congress Urges Federal Government to Base Salmon Recovery Plan on Sound Science and Economics. Nearly 100 legislators call upon NOAA Fisheries to consider all options for restoring Columbia and Snake River salmon
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• February 25, 2008: Court Orders Extension of Critical Columbia-Snake River Salmon Conservation Measures through 2008. 
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• November 29, 2007: Washington Chefs Urge Congress to Restore Wild Pacific Salmon. Letter asks legislators to protect and restore declining Columbia and Snake River salmon runs by restoring habitat for wild salmon
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• November 20, 2007: Orca Scientists Call for Lower Snake Dam Removal to Help Puget Sound’s Endangered Orcas. Letter links fate of Southern Resident killer whales to recovery of declining salmon populations in Columbia-Snake River basin
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• October 31, 2007: Salmon Crisis Demands Real Solutions Now, Northwest Business, Community and Conservation Leaders Say . New federal salmon plan ignores needs of coastal and inland communities
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• October 31, 2007: Congress Urged to Act as Bush Administration Again Fails to Deliver on Pacific Northwest Salmon Plan. Plan for Columbia-Snake River Basin Buries Salmon Science, Ignores Dam Removal
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• September 21, 2007: Bruce Babbitt Renews Call For Statewide Solutions To Save Washington’s Endangered Salmon. Former Interior Secretary says lower Snake River dam removal can benefit region’s fishing and farming communities
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• September 17, 2007: Senator Reid Requests Salmon Passage at Hells Canyon Dams. Nevada Conservationists and Businesses Hail Senator’s Leadership on Key Salmon Recovery Issue
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• September 11, 2007: Congress Urged to Oppose Anti-Salmon Measure. Language in Senate Appropriations Bill threatens Pacific Northwest salmon recovery, undermines integrity of legal process
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• September 6, 2007: New Salmon Plan Follows Administration’s Blueprint for Failure . Administration Continues Failing Salmon, Fishermen and Northwest Communities
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• August 20, 2007: Columbia-Snake River Salmon Returns Fall Short Again. Fishermen Struggle to Stay Afloat in Face of Continually Declining Runs
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• August 14, 2007: Nevada Representative Berkley Adds Support to Salmon Economic Analysis and Planning Act. Business community and salmon advocates hail Congresswoman's action to support recovery in key Western watershed
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• July 12, 2007: Conservation and Fishing Groups Seek Congressional Hearing on BPA's Disregard for Endangered Fish and Wildlife. Groups Urge Congressman Dingell to Convene House Oversight Hearing on Agency's Record of Compliance with Northwest Power and Conservation Act
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• June 26, 2007: Save Our Wild Salmon Hits The Road For Salmon Recovery With “Extinction Stops Here” Road Show. Five-State Tour Will Raise Awareness for Endangered Wild Salmon & Steelhead in Pacific Northwest
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• June 20, 2007: Direction of Federal Salmon Plan Sparks New Outrage. Administration Continues to Fail Salmon, Fishermen and Northwest Communities
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• May 8, 2007: Chefs Urge Congress To Seek Solutions To Restore And Recover Wild Pacific Salmon. Letter Asks Legislators to Protect Declining Columbia and Klamath Fisheries by Restoring Habitat For Wild Salmon
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• April 9, 2007: Salmon Advocates Applaud Federal Appeals Court Ruling to Safeguard Columbia Basin Salmon Plan. Ninth Circuit Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling that 2004 Biological Opinion Violates ESA and Fails to Consider Impact of Snake River Dams on Salmon Recovery
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• March 28, 2007: Attack on Endangered Species Act Poses Direct Threat to Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery Efforts. Proposed Changes to ESA Regulations Would Undermine Recent Federal Court Decisions Protecting Endangered Salmon
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• March 13, 2007: Salmon Economic Analysis and Planning Act Tackles Urgent Fiscal and Environmental Crisis . Taxpayer and Conservation Advocates Laud New Legislation to Restore Sound Science and Fiscal Responsibility to Federal Salmon Recovery Efforts
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• February 28, 2007: Salmon Advocates Echo IEAB Call for Additional Study of Lower Snake Dam Removal. Review Board Says Region Would Benefit from New Analysis to Address “Weaknesses” of Original Corps Study
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• January 24, 2007: Salmon Advocates Applaud Federal Court Decision To Reinstate Fish Passage Center. Ruling against BPA represents a major victory for sound science and salmon recovery
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• December 6, 2006: Lost River Project Urges Dialogue between Washington Fishermen and Farmers. The image of boats filled with fishermen in an eastern Washington wheat field unites two of the Northwest’s most prized livelihoods – fishing and farming.
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• November 20, 2006: Senate Urged to Oppose Anti-Salmon Rider . Potential action in lame duck session would threaten Pacific Northwest salmon recovery, undermine Endangered Species Act
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• November 15, 2006: Lower Snake Dam Removal Will Save Taxpayers Billions of Dollars and Boost Regional Economy. New study shows energy, transportation and irrigation benefits can be replaced cost-effectively as part of salmon recovery plan
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• October 26, 2006:  Salmon Advocates, State of Oregon and NW Treaty Tribes Share Concern Over Direction of Salmon Recovery Plan. Plan Appears to Protect Hydro System at Expense of Endangered Salmon
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• October 16, 2006: Environmental, Faith Communities Come Together for Endangered Salmon . Northwest leaders from faith, conservation and tribal organizations host Seattle candlelight vigil for endangered salmon
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• October 5, 2006: Bruce Babbitt and John Kitzhaber Renew Call for Dam Removal to Save Endangered Salmon. Leaders challenge region’s willingness to do what it takes to recover and restore endangered salmon in the Columbia Basin
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• September 27, 2006: Court Sends Strong Message to Federal Agencies: We Cannot Afford Another Failed Salmon Plan. 
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• September 18, 2006: West Coast Fishermen, Tribes and Conservationists Tell the Federal Government: Extinction Stops Here!. Author, Fisherman and Conservationist David James Duncan Headlines Salmon Celebration and Rally for Action in Portland
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• August 18, 2006: Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Returns Decline For The Fourth Time In Five Years. Numbers Well Below Those Required for Recovery
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• July 21, 2006: Federal Court Hears Concerns of Salmon Advocates Over Direction of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Plan. Court Ruled Previous Plan Violated Endangered Species Act and Failed to Consider Impact of Snake River Dams on Salmon Recovery
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• July 7, 2006: Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery Requires Sound Science and Strong Leadership. Washington State Fishermen Appeal to Governor Chris Gregoire to Consider All Credible Alternatives for Restoring Endangered Columbia and Snake River Salmon
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• June 22, 2006: Members of Congress Urge Federal Government to Base Salmon Recovery Plan on Sound Science and Economics . More than 100 Legislators Call Upon NOAA Fisheries to Consider All Credible Alternatives for Restoring Endangered Columbia and Snake River Salmon
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• June 2, 2006: Salmon Advocates Urge Federal Appeals Court to Safeguard Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Plan. San Francisco, CA – A broad-based coalition of fishing businesses and conservation groups on Thursday urged the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision that last year declared illegal a federal plan for hydrosystem operations on the Columbia and lower Snake rivers for its failure to comply with salmon-recovery requirements of the Endangered Species Act.
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• May 23, 2006: Salmon Advocates Win Major Victory in Federal Court Over Snake River Water Operations . Portland, OR - A coalition of fishing businesses and conservation groups today won a major victory for Pacific Northwest salmon recovery efforts when federal district court Judge James A. Redden declared illegal a federal plan for operating Bureau of Reclamation water storage projects in the Snake River basin in Idaho.
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• May 16, 2006: Late Surge Re-Opens Fishing Season, But Long-Term Outlook For Wild Columbia And Snake River Salmon Remains Bleak. Seattle, WA – Buoyed by a late surge of salmon finally moving up the river, state fisheries managers moved to re-open the mainstem Columbia River this week for sport and commercial fishing. But it comes as too little, too late to salvage the season for Pacific Northwest fishing families and fishing businesses, already reeling from consecutive years of cutbacks, closures and shortened seasons forced by declining salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
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• May 3, 2006: Court Urged to Invalidate Federal Plan for Upper Snake River Operations. Portland, OR - A coalition of fishing businesses and conservation groups today asked a federal district court to declare illegal a federal plan for operating Bureau of Reclamation water storage projects in the Snake River basin in Idaho.
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• April 21, 2006: Low Returns of Spring Chinook Highlight Continued Failure of Federal Salmon Policies, Bring More Fishing Closures. Seattle, WA - Already reeling from cutbacks, closures and shortened seasons for ocean fishing up and down the West Coast, Pacific Northwest sport and commercial salmon fishermen and fishing communities took another hit this week with the closure of spring chinook fishing on the mainstem of the lower Columbia River.
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• March 23, 2006: Pacific Coast Fishing Communities Unite Against Administration Salmon Policy. Astoria, Oregon - Up and down the West Coast and inland to Idaho, sport, commercial and tribal fishermen and fishing communities are being hurt by the continued failure of the federal government's salmon recovery efforts. Now, the administration is seeking to further limit - and even eliminate - recreational and commercial fishing as the "solution" to dwindling salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
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• February 8, 2006: Bush Administration Budget, Misguided Initiatives Spells Trouble for Pacific Salmon. Washington, DC - On the heels of an announcement by the White House that it intends to shift the burden of Pacific salmon recovery away from a focus on degraded habitat and salmon-killing dams and onto the backs of sport and commercial fishermen, the Bush Administration has released a budget for fiscal year 2007 that will dramatically underfund federal efforts to restore salmon and steelhead up and down the West Coast and inland to Idaho.
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• January 26, 2006: Bonneville Power Administration Dismantles Fish Passage Center. This morning the Bonneville Power Administration announced it is rejecting proposals from Northwest states and tribes and plans to transfer functions of the Fish Passage Center to Battelle and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. The closure of the Fish Passage Center (FPC) would strip the Northwest states and tribes of their access to sound salmon science and their ability to participate on equal footing with federal agencies in regional salmon recovery efforts.
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• December 29, 2005: Court Builds on Last Year’s Successful Salmon Conservation Measures . Portland, OR – Fishing businesses, tribes, and conservation groups today celebrated a federal district court’s decision to supply salmon with important conservation measures throughout 2006. Today, the court ordered water to be spilled over dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers during the crucial spring and summer salmon migrations – an effort shown last summer to improve salmon survival by 64%. The court’s decision emphasizes the need for the federal government to craft a new Salmon Plan that implements recovery measures that have been proven to benefit migrating salmon.
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• December 21, 2005: Despite Public Vows of Collaboration Federal Government Appeals Court's Salmon Decision. Boise, ID and Portland, OR - Fishing businesses, tribes, and conservation groups today were disappointed to learn that the Bush Administration and the state of Idaho are appealing a federal court decision that ruled illegal the Bush Administration's salmon plan for the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
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• December 15, 2005: Court Appears Likely to Keep Successful Salmon Conservation Measures the Same for 2006. Portland, OR – Fishing businesses, tribes, and conservation groups today asked a federal district court to approve salmon conservation measures for 2006 that would build on last summer’s successful programs. The groups said the court appeared likely to keep last year’s successful salmon conservation measures in place for 2006.
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• December 7, 2005: FISHERMEN, STATES, TRIBES, URGE NW LEADERS TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF INDEPENDENT SALMON SCIENCE. Portland, OR - Today representatives of fishing businesses, tribal nations, state agencies, and the public are voicing their strong opposition to a backdoor move by Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) that forces the elimination of the Fish Passage Center (FPC). The Northwest Power and Conservation Council is taking comments from the state, fishing, tribal and public representatives on a plan to transfer the FPC's responsibilities to a new entity. For the past 20 years, the FPC provided sound, independent fishery science, along with vital technical assistance, to state and tribal fishery managers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
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• November 10, 2005: CONGRESS DISMANTLES FISH PASSAGE CENTER. Portland, OR and Washington, DC - The Fish Passage Center will no longer provide independent, reliable salmon data to the northwest states, tribes, and fishing businesses along the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Congressional language directs the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to transfer the responsibilities of the Fish Passage Center (FPC), an independent science agency essential to state and tribal salmon managers, to another, unnamed entity.
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• October 31, 2005: FISHING BUSINESSES SEEK HELP FOR YOUNG SALMON DURING 2006 MIGRATION. Today, fishing businesses and conservation groups are asking the court to restore balance in the rivers, and put salmon back on track to recovery by managing the river in a more natural way. This plan could increase young salmon survival up to 30 percent and could generate millions of dollars of income for Northwest communities as salmon recovery moves forward.
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• September 9, 2005: Summer Spill Helped Snake River Salmon: Pacific Northwest can have Wild Salmon AND Energy.  Fishing businesses and energy experts say that court-ordered water spills, which ceased on Wednesday August 31, were good for salmon, good for the Northwest’s fishing economy and caused no harm to electricity ratepayers.
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• July 29, 2005: SUMMIT FOR SALMON 2005:Dedicated Salmon Advocates Summit Mt. Rainier To Support Wild Salmon Recovery . This weekend twenty-six salmon advocates will summit Mt. Rainier (14,410’) – the highest point in Washington state, and one of the most challenging peaks in North America. Each climber raised at least $2,000 to help support the work of the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition – a coalition of commercial fishing, sportfishing, conservation and taxpayer groups dedicated to the restoration of salmon to self-sustaining, harvestable populations. Scientists tell us the most cost effective method of restoring wild salmon and steelhead is the removal of the four lower Snake River dams.
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• June 7, 2005: Business, civic and tribal leaders to Congress - Restored salmon will build healthier Northwest. Clarkston, WA - Business, civic and tribal leaders from Washington, Oregon and Idaho told members of Congress today that restoring salmon and steelhead fisheries is vital for the future of Northwest economies and communities, and protecting their way of life.
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• May 26, 2005: NORTHWEST WAY OF LIFE, JOBS & PEOPLE WIN TODAY; Judge Rules that Federal Government’s Salmon Plan is Illegal…Again. Portland, OR - Today, Federal Court Judge James Redden ruled that the federal salmon plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers is legally flawed in four different respects. First, Judge Redden took issue with the federal agencies’ assertions that the dams were part of the immutable landscape. Second, he states that NOAA’s approach in this biological opinion “stands in sharp contrast to…prior biological opinions” and is “insufficiently comprehensive to ‘insure’” the protection of salmon. Third, NOAA did not properly analyze critical habitat for salmon. And fourth, “NOAA’s jeopardy analysis is contrary to the law because it does not address the prospects for recovery of the listed species.”
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• May 18, 2005: NEARLY 1,100 BUSINESSES URGE CONGRESS TO PROTECT NW ECONOMY AND NATIONAL TAXPAYERS. Washington, DC – Today, nearly 1,100 businesses have come together to ask Congress to support salmon dependent businesses by signing onto the Salmon Planning Act (H.R. 1615). Business leaders are in the nation’s capitol this week to urge Congress to stop wasting billions of dollars in taxpayer money on failed technologies, and to realize the multi-billion dollar economic potential that is being squandered by declining salmon populations.
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• April 19, 2005: LOW RETURNS OF SPRING CHINOOK EXPECTED TO BRING MORE FISHING CLOSURES; Northwest Communities Distressed by Failure of Federal Salmon Policies. Portland, OR – Today, Oregon and Washington salmon fishing managers will meet to consider an early closure to the Columbia River spring chinook sportfishing season. Spring chinook, the most prized fish of tribal, commercial and sportfishing communities, thus far have come in at numbers drastically below preseason forecasts, forcing an early end to the commercial fishing season and causing great concern in salmon-dependent communities from the mouth of the Columbia River inland to Salmon, Idaho, south to California and north to Alaska.
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• April 13, 2005: Salmon Communities Need a Fair Shake in a Bad Water Year, Statements by Todd True, Earthjustice and Sara Patton, NW Energy Coalition. In this low water year, a coalition of businesses, fishing associations and conservation groups has asked federal agencies to give salmon a fair shake in the event that the Federal Salmon Plan is ruled illegal. Plaintiffs representatives Todd True, staff attorney with Earthjustice, and Sara Patton, executive director of NW Energy Coalition, appeared before the Northwest Power and Conservation Council on Wednesday, April 13, to discuss their request for injunctive relief.
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• April 11, 2005: Recent Salmon Returns: A missed opportunity for real salmon recovery. For Immediate Release: April 11, 2005. Statement of Pat Ford, Executive Director, Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
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• March 21, 2005: FEDERAL SALMON PLAN JEOPARDIZES NORTHWEST'S BILLION DOLLAR FISHING INDUSTRY
  Businesses, Fishermen Ask Court to Increase Salmon Survival. Portland, OR - Today, a coalition of businesses, fishermen, conservationists and Columbia River Tribes asked a federal court judge to immediately put in place specific protections for the people and communities that depend on Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead for a living. The measures these groups seek are necessary to ensure their jobs and businesses can survive and prosper along with Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead.
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• March 21, 2005: COALITION CHALLENGES BUSH ADMINISTRATION SALMON PLAN
  Seeks Improved River Conditions for Salmon This Summer. Portland, OR - Today, a coalition of conservationists, sport and commercial fishermen and businesses asked a federal judge to prevent the Bush administration from moving forward with its flawed and wasteful plan for Columbia and Snake river salmon. The groups are asking the judge to order improved river conditions for salmon and steelhead this summer if the judge finds the Bush administration's salmon plan inadequate.
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• February 8, 2005: NORTHWEST ECONOMY WOULD GAIN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BENEFIT FROM RESTORED SALMON AND STEELHEAD FISHERIES
  According to New Study, Idaho Alone Would See Half a Billion Dollars Per Year. Portland, OR – A credentialed study released today in Idaho concludes that a restored salmon and steelhead sport fishery would bring almost $550 million every year to the state’s economy. That is a 170 percent increase from what Idaho saw from a limited fishery in 2001. Extrapolating that same increase to Oregon and Washington would mean that salmon and steelhead sportfishing could bring more than $5.5 billion per year to the Northwest, but business leaders say that even half that number would bring an economic boom to river and rural towns and a large increase in jobs to the Northwest.
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• January 10, 2005: GOVERNOR KULONGOSKI SUPPORTS SALMON FISHING ECONOMY IN STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS. Salem, OR - Today in Oregon's State of the State address, Governor Ted Kulongoski announced a scientifically based plan to recover Columbia and Snake river salmon and steelhead. The Governor's plan would increase fish survival and passage through the federal dam system; decrease trucking and barging of fish; provide for regional contingency planning and ensure development of thorough monitoring and evaluation of this plan's benefits to salmon.
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• December 20, 2004: New Salmon Plan Bad For Business. Fishing Industries and Conservation Groups Announce Plans to Sue: On Friday, commercial fishing and recreational fishing groups joined conservation and river groups to protect the resource upon which their industries depend - Columbia and Snake River salmon. The various organizations announced plans to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for failure to protect and restore imperiled wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake Basin. The lawsuit follows the November 30th release of NMFS' new Federal Salmon Plan, which is supposed to dictate how the federal government will operate federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers to minimize harm to salmon. In announcing their lawsuit, fishermen and fishing industries found this new plan a huge step backwards for the salmon-based economy.
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• November 30, 2004: BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEW SALMON PLAN EVEN WORSE. Washington, DC – Today the Bush administration finalized a new federal Salmon Plan that allows further declines of already imperiled salmon and steelhead populations and fails to provide a strategy to recover thesefish. While the plan acknowledges the harm caused by the hydroelectric dams to wildlife along the Columbiaand Snake rivers, it fails to act on that information, and instead embraces a strategy that largely leaves current dam operations in place and allows salmon to continue to slide toward extinction.
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• November 23, 2004: 250 SCIENTISTS APPEAL TO BUSH ADMINISTRATION: CHANGE COURSE FOR PACIFIC SALMON BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. In a letter sent to President Bush today, 250 scientists voiced concern about the administration's new Federal Salmon Plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers - calling it a "step back" from an already inadequate plan.
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• September 28, 2004: NEW FEDERAL SALMON PLAN FAILS SALMON INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES NATIONWIDE: More Than 400 Businesses Demand Stronger Salmon Protection. Portland, OR - Today, more than 400 salmon and outdoor recreation-based businesses asked Congress to heed the needs of their businesses and the Northwest to restore and protect salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake River Basin. They object to the new Federal Salmon Plan put forth this month by the federal government that significantly lowers the bar for wild salmon recovery by finding that dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers are allowed to take up to 85 percent of the salmon and that commercial, tribal and sport fishing must be regulated more heavily. Businesses participating include some of the largest names in outdoor gear and many commercial and sport fishing outfitters and operators.
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• September 9, 2004: BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILS NORTHWEST SALMON...AGAIN. Portland, OR – The Bush administration’s new draft Federal Salmon Plan was denounced today byconservation groups and fishing businesses as a major step backwards for salmon recovery in theColumbia and Snake River Basin. The plan, which is supposed to chart a course for the survival and recovery of Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead, finds that dams no longer harm salmonbased on a questionable new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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• September 8, 2004: Tribal, Sport and Commercial Fishermen Rally For Salmon. Portland, OR – Today, hundreds of fishermen will rally in an attempt to save one of the oldest and most important traditions and ways of life in the Pacific Northwest - salmon and steelhead fishing. Repeated attempts by federal agencies to counteract and eliminate salmon protections by not requiring adequate water flows, attempting to curtail summer spill and allowing the dams to create salmon-lethal high temperatures in the river have rallied this group of disparate fishermen to come together to say that they won’t be ignored any longer. Salmon mean business and the future of the Northwest economy depends upon them.
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• August 19, 2004: Bush Administration Asked to Reverse Destructive Federal Salmon Policies and Chart Course to Recovery. Portland, OR – Today, fishing businesses and conservation organization leaders sent a joint letter to President Bush asking his administration and its various agencies to cease efforts that are undermining the recovery of Pacific salmon and the communities that depend on them. This letter follows several attempts by this administration to ratchet back salmon recovery measures – attempts that could have long-term implications for salmon survival. In particular, the groups cite the administration’s failure to provide sufficient water flows, its violation of the Clean Water Act by allowing lethal temperatures for salmon in parts of the Columbia and Snake rivers and its proposal to cut off important water releases that aid the migration of juvenile salmon to the ocean. The groups have sent the letter two weeks before the administration’s next major salmon action: release of a new federal salmon plan for restoring twelve endangered Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead species.
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• August 13, 2004: NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS LOWER COURT INJUNCTION TO PROTECT SALMON. Portland, OR - Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused the government's emergency request to stay an order from U.S. District Court Judge James Redden that requires the Army Corps of Engineers to continue releasing water at dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers during August for the benefit of migrating salmon. As scientists across the region have said repeatedly, these water releases are the safest way to help young salmon get downstream past the dams to the ocean. While these water releases have occurred during the summer months for years, this year the Bonneville Power Administration sought to curtail them. BPA touted large savings for electricity customers as its main reason; however, those large savings would have been only seven to ten cents per month for residential customers in Portland and Seattle.
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• July 9, 2004: TRIBES, BUSINESSES, SALMON GROUPS SUE FEDS OVER SPILL REDUCTION. Portland, OR - Fishing businesses and conservation groups joined with Indian Tribes to ask a federal court to stop the federal government from cutting the amount of water spilled past Columbia Basin dams this summer to aid migrating salmon and steelhead. In deciding to cut spill, the federal government has rejected repeated scientific recommendations by state, tribal and their own fishery agencies (i.e., the joint fisheries agencies) to continue spilling this water, and rejected a proposal from energy and salmon advocates that would have saved Northwest ratepayers more money while providing salmon the spill to pass dams safely. With today's action, the groups contend the agencies' final decision violates the law, sound science and good public policy.
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• June 8, 2004: BUSH ADMINISTRATION SPURNS SCIENCE AND SACRIFICES WILD SALMON AGAIN; Amended Spill Proposal Harms Salmon but Barely Benefits Ratepayers. Portland, OR - Today, the Bonneville Power Administration, an agency of the Bush administration, is expected to release a revised proposal to eliminate large portions of the salmon spill program in August. Spill, a required action of the current federal plan to recover endangered salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers, is widely considered by scientists to be the safest means of getting young ocean-bound salmon past the dams.
  
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• May 20, 2004: REPRESENTATIVES CALL FOR NOAA FISHERIES TO ABANDON POLICY CHANGE TO LIST; Policy is without Scientific Merit and Lacks Opportunity for Proper Public Review HATCHERY SALMON WITH WILD SALMON; . For Immediate Release - May 20, 2004
  Washington, DC - Today more than 70 Representatives from both sides of the aisle joined Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) called on NOAA Fisheries to abandon their current proposed policy to include hatchery fish when deciding federal protections for wild salmon - a move that could remove some species from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Representatives charge that such a policy change is without scientific support and should not be made before a formal public review could take place.
  
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• March 30, 2004: PROPOSED SALMON PROTECTION CUTS WILL HURT FISHING FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES; Eliminating Spill at Dams Would Be Major Step Backward. Portland, OR - Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) proposal to eliminate important salmon protection measures at federal dams was denounced today by a coalition of tribes, businesses, sport and commercial fishermen and conservation groups. BPA, an agency of the Bush administration, proposed to eliminate nearly all of the summer "spill" provisions of the current federal plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers. "Spill" is a term used to describe the actual spillage of water over dams to help young salmon migrate safely downstream, instead of sending the water - and salmon - through the dams' often-lethal turbines.
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• November 7, 2003: CONSERVATION GROUPS TO KEEP COURT OPTIONS OPEN.  But agree not to seek more Idaho water in 2004 than existing plans contemplate
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• November 6, 2003: 100 Co-Sponsors of the Salmon Planning Act Press Release.  100 HOUSE MEMBERS SUPPORT PLAN TO PROTECT NORTHWEST’S ECONOMY, SALMON AND TAXPAYERS
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• October 30, 2003: SOS Press Release.  CONSERVATIONISTS CALL FOR BASIN-WIDE ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS TO COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVER SALMON
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• October 14, 2003: Save Our Wild Salmon Press Release .  MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CONGRESS MEMBERS URGE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT NORTHWEST SALMON - Restoring Wild Salmon Important to Economy and Environment of the Nation
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• October 9, 2003: Bush Administration Takes Another Swipe at the Clean Water Act and Salmon.  Recently, President Bush stood atop the Ice Harbor Dam in Washington touting his great love and dedication to protecting the icon of the Pacific Northwest – salmon, while at his feet the Snake River continued winding its way towards 63 consecutive days in violation of the Clean Water Act.
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• May 7, 2003: Federal Salmon Plan Found Illegal.  Judge Says Plan Too Vague and Uncertain
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• February 26, 2003: For Immediate Release: Bush Administration Fails 2002 Salmon Test.  On the Eve of 2003 Check-In, Agencies Still Fail to Implement More Than 70 Percent of Plan's Measures
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• February 3, 2003: Bush Administration Budget, Power Agency Cuts Spell Trouble for Northwest Salmon.  Washington, DC - On the heels of a decision by the Bonneville Power Administration to cut its fish and wildlife budget by as much as 25 percent, conservationists say the Bush Administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2004 budget proposal will dramatically underfund the federal Salmon Plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers.
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• January 10, 2003: Salmon Still In Hot Water. Portland, OR - A federal district court in Oregon today confirmed that the Army Corps of Engineers must operate its dams in compliance with the Clean Water Act.
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• January 10, 2003: Army Corps Dams Must Comply with the Clean Water Act -- Salmon still in hot water.   Portland,OR -- A federal district court in Oregon today confirmed that the Army Corps of Engineers must operate its dams in compliance with the Clean Water Act. The court also decided that the Corps had taken steps to comply with the Clean Water Act by adopting the 2001 Water Quality Plan, but recognized that the four lower Snake River Dams are currently violating the Act.Conservation and fishing groups, joined by the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Oregon,had argued that the four Snake River dams illegally raise water temperatures in the river.
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• November 21, 2002: BPA Aims Budget Axe at Salmon Programs Agency's Decisions Risk Further Wounding Failing Federal Salmon Plan. Seattle - In the face of a budgetary shortfall, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will announce plans this week to cut over $300 million from its expenses through 2006.  Salmon advocates anticipate that BPA will also cut an additional $150 - 200 million from salmon restoration programs,
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• October 17, 2002: Clean Energy Options Breaking Through Cost Barriers.  New study shows conservation and renewable resources primed to meet Northwest’s growing power needs
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• September 4, 2002: Former Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt, Comments on the new RAND Report.  We thought in 1993 that perhaps there were other approaches to saving the salmon.
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• September 4, 2002: Regional press Release: New RAND Study Shows Bush Administration Wrong to Pit Jobs Against Endangered Northwest Salmon.  Diversifying Northwest energy mix with clean sources would create jobs, pave the way for lower Snake River dam removal
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• September 4, 2002: National Press Release: Bush Administration Wrong to Pit Jobs Against Endangered Northwest Salmon, Says New RAND Study.  Study provides strong economic and employment data in favor of removing lower Snake River dams
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• August 15, 2002: Advocates Oppose Sacrificing Vital Salmon Restoration/Clean Energy Programs.  Portland, OR – In public hearings today, Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS) urged the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) not to sacrifice salmon restoration programs to solve its financial woes. In written testimony, the coalition of salmon advocates acknowledged that BPA’s financial difficulties
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• May 16, 2002: Salmon Advocates Say Fed's Plan is Headed for a Train Wreck. Portland, OR: Yesterday federal officials announced that they were "on track" to meet the requirements of the federal government's plan to protect and restore salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake River Basin. Salmon advocates rejected this statement claiming it veiled the realities of last year's deadly juvenile salmon migration
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• February 27, 2002: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card. Portland, OR/Washington, DC - The Administration, Congress, and federal agencies charged with implementing the federal government's plan to restore imperiled Columbia-Snake Basin salmon and steelhead have dramatically failed to meet the plan's requirements in its first year,
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• February 5, 2002: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Administration Budget Fails to Deliver for Salmon & Salmon Jobs. Washington, DC- The Bush Administration's proposed fiscal year (FY) 2003 budget falls well short of what is needed to restore endangered Columbia and Snake River salmon and will hurt both salmon and the salmon-related economy in the Pacific Northwest.
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• January 7, 2002: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Salmon Advocates Oppose Dredging of Lower Snake River: No Longer Business As Usual On the River.  Boise, ID: Today a coalition of environmental and fishing groups opposed the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposal to dredge the Lower Snake River.
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• December 5, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Bonneville Power had Affordable Options to Help Salmon in 2001 - but Failed to Help. Report finds providing spill for salmon would have cost most ratepayers a few cents per month
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• July 19, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Congressman McDermott Introduces Bill to Save Endangered Salmon in Columbia and Snake Rivers.  Conservation, Fishing, and Community Voices Applaud the Bipartisan Planning Legislation
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• May 3, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Broad Coalition Sues Feds Over Salmon. A broad coalition of conservation, fishing, and business groups today filed a major Endangered Species Act lawsuit to save Columbia and Snake River salmon from extinction.
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• April 16, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Bush Budget Would Mean Salmon Extinction. The Bush Administration’s proposed budget appears to fall far short of what is needed to save threatened and endangered Snake and Columbia River salmon and steelhead, warned American Rivers and Save Our Wild Salmon. President Bush has pledged to restore salmon while retaining the Snake River dams.
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• April 10, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Migration 2001 - Truck Fish?.  Federal Government Turns Migration into Massacre: Bureaucratic Bumbling Threatens Fish, Wastes Money
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• March 20, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Groups Offer Solution to Improve Columbia and Snake River Conditions for Salmon and Maintain Power Production. Fishing and conservation groups today asked Northwest members of Congress to support a Columbia/Snake river operations plan that would improve river conditions for salmon without reducing power generation as an alternative to a proposal from federal agencies to eliminate important salmon protection measures and run the rivers solely for electricity.
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• March 12, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Groups Join Kitzhaber's Call For More Salmon Funding: Northwest Congressional Delegation Urged to Secure Additional Money. Fishing and conservation groups today joined Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in requesting more funding for Northwest salmon and called on the region's elected leaders to seek enough money to properly carry out the federal Columbia Basin salmon plan.
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• February 27, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Federal Government Gets Failing Gradesin Salmon Plan Report Card.  Portland, OR/Washington, DC — The Administration, Congress, and federal agencies charged with implementing the federal government’s plan to restore imperiled Columbia-Snake Basin salmon and steelhead have dramatically failed to meet the plan’s requirements in its first year, according to a study
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• February 14, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Columbia River Pastoral Letter is Released:. The Columbia River Watershed - Caring for Creation and the Common Good
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• January 31, 2001: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Western Governors Urged to Develop Long Term Solutions that Provide Both Salmon and Power. While the western energy crunch is right now forcing the Northwest to sacrifice salmon for power, Save Our Wild Salmon hopes that this week's Western Governors Energy Summit will focus on long-term solutions that restore both abundant wild salmon and affordable and reliable energy supplies.
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• December 21, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Final Clinton Salmon Plan Shows Real Improvement, But Critical Details Lacking and Measures May Not Be Enough: Failure to Achieve Results Sets Stage for Dam Removal in Five Years. Conservation, taxpayer and fishing groups challenge President-elect Bush and Congress to fund and implement this plan, as well as immediate preparations for dam removal
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• December 5, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Western Division American Fisheries Society Critiques NMFS Draft Biological Opinion on Columbia River Salmon . The Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS) released comments in October 2000 on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Draft Biological Opinion (BiOp) entitled "Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System Including the Juvenile Fish Transportation Program and the Bureau of Reclamation’s 31 Projects, Including the Entire Columbia Basin Project", dated July 27, 2000. NMFS is expected to release a final BiOp in mid-December.
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• November 19, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-60 MINUTES Exposes Huge Waste on Senseless Salmon Schemes: Groups Urge President to Stop the Waste and Deliver Solid Salmon Recovery Plan. In the wake of tonight’s CBS 60 Minutes story on federal agencies wasting billions of dollars on ineffective salmon recovery measures in the Snake and Columbia rivers, fishing and conservation groups are urging President Clinton to end this waste and to deliver a solid salmon recovery plan by the end of this year.
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• November 18, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Buried Salmon Recovery Plan Calls For Dam Removal: Administration Urged to Take Charge and Follow the Science. An early version of the draft federal Snake and Columbia rivers salmon recovery plan explicitly called for dam removal, according to this morning’s edition of The Oregonian. In this draft, dated May 18th, the National Marine Fisheries Service said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should immediately prepare to breach the four Lower Snake River dams and in 2006 request congressional authorization for breaching. That request should only be derailed if salmon were to measurably rebound, according to The Oregonian.
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• November 13, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Conservation Groups Unveil Two Ad Campaigns Focusing on President Clinton's Wild Salmon Legacy:. Ads call for stronger salmon plan with dam removal as safety net
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• August 21, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Seattle City Council Votes Against Salmon Extinctions: Calls For Snake River Dam Bypass. The Seattle City Council today passed a resolution calling for the partial removal of the four Lower Snake River dams, for energy conservation and renewable energy sources to make up for the power lost, and an effective mitigation and economic development program for affected communities.
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• July 27, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Draft Columbia/Snake River Salmon Plan Won't Save Salmon From Extinction. Salmon advocates demand real actions
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• June 29, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Federal Snake River Trial Balloon Doesn't Fly. Salmon advocates fear that the Administration places politics over salmon
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• May 19, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Illegal Irrigation Hurting Salmon. Fishermen Request Injunction To Halt "Water Spreading"
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• April 28, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-EPA Says Snake River Dam Removal Best Way to Protect Clean Water. Federal agency says that dam removal is the only option that protects clean water
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• April 10, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Study Shows Power From Four Snake River Dams Can Be Replaced With Clean Energy. Energy conservation and alternative power sources would cost no more than building new power plants
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• March 2, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Congressman Tom Udall Increases National Momentum for Partial Removal of the Four Lower Snake River Dams. Congressman Tom Udall of New Mexico today added his voice to the tens of thousands of Americans calling on President Clinton and Vice President Gore to proceed with partial removal of the 4 lower Snake River dams to save endangered salmon and steelhead.
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• February 18, 2000: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Endorses Removal of 4 Lower Snake River Dams: Conservation and Fishing Groups Commend his Leadership. A broad spectrum of conservation and fishing groups today welcomed Governor John Kitzhaber's support for partially removing the four lower Snake River dams.
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• December 17, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Federal Documents Show That Partial Removal of the 4 Lower Snake River Dams Make Sense: Alternatives Are Uncertain and Costly. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finds Dam Removal Best For Salmon
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• November 3, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Report Shows Partial Dam Removal Provides Substantial Benefits, Smart Investments Can Offset Negative Effects:Salmon Advocates Say It's Now a Question of Leadership. A report by leading Northwest economists released today shows that partially removing the four federal dams on the Lower Snake River will provide significant short and long-term economic benefits to the Northwest. The report also suggests feasible and affordable strategies to address and offset negative effects.
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• October 29, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Eight Northwest Members of Congress Call for . In an October 26 letter to Council on Environmental Quality Chairman George Frampton, eight Northwest members of the U.S. House and Senate urged the Clinton Administration to "develop a robust public involvement process" and recommended that hearings occur "throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana."
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• October 25, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Conservation Groups Support Governor Knowles' Identification of the Snake and Columbia River Dams as Key to Salmon Recovery. Leading organizations on salmon recovery in the Northwest and Alaska today applauded Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles for identifying federal dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers as the key factor in salmon recovery.
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• October 20, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-National Ads Call on Vice President Gore to Restore Salmon by Removal of 4 Snake River Dams. Four New York Times Ads Urge Americans to "Give a Dam"
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• October 7, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-State, Tribal, Federal Scientists Conclude Partial Dam Removal Needed for Snake River Salmon Recovery. As the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) appears poised to delay its decision on the future of the four Lower Snake River dams, a group of state, tribal, and federal fisheries scientists today released a report highly critical of the evidence NMFS cites to support such a delay.
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• August 17, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Costs of Partial Removal Manageable; Significant Benefits Likely, According to Draft Army Corps Report. An Aug. 16 Draft economic report by the Army Corps of Engineers shows the costs of bypassing the 4 Lower Snake River dams are manageable and significant benefits are likely. The report contradicts claims of economic disaster from several NW politicians.
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• August 4, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-107 Representatives Call for Open, Honest Process to Save Snake River Salmon: . Members of Congress Urge the President to Keep Partial Dam Removal on the Table
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• July 22, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Representative Hastings' Anti-Dam Removal Resolution Undercuts Public Process and Invites National Debate. Salmon advocates today blasted a resolution sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) that would undercut the ongoing public process for Snake River salmon recovery and challenged him to offer his own scientifically-credible recovery plan.
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• July 9, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Extinction Report Underscores Deadly Consequences of Inaction: Bolsters Case for Partial Dam Removal. Wild Snake River spring and summer chinook salmon could be extinct by the year 2017 unless significant steps are taken, according to a study released today by Trout Unlimited.
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• May 24, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Columbia & Snake Rivers Campaign Kicks Off National Road Show. "Fin" Tour Bound for California: Northwest Dams and Salmon Now a National Issue.
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• May 17, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Emerald PUD Supports Partial Removals of 4 Dams to Restore Salmon Runs. On May 11, Emerald People's Utility District's Board of Directors voted to support partial removal of the four federal dams on the Lower Snake River, in Idaho, in order to restore endangered salmon runs.
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• April 6, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Something Fishy About Senator Gordon Smith's Hearing on Columbia Basin Salmon Science. Conservation and fishing groups today expressed strong concerns about the scope and focus of today’s hearing on Columbia Basin salmon science hosted by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR). The hearing was supposed to focus on the PATH (Process for Analyzing and Testing Hypotheses) team’s process and reports. However, only two PATH scientists, representing the minority viewpoint, will testify. PATH is the group of scientists tasked by the Clinton Administration with analyzing the best recovery strategies for Columbia Basin salmon.

  
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• March 31, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Lower Snake River Dams Violate Clean Water Act and Threaten Salmon. Fishermen and conservationists ask court to order Army Corps to address violations
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• March 23, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 200 Scientists Call for a Free-flowing Snake River to Save Salmon. Over 200 Northwest scientists yesterday sent a letter to President Clinton warning that Snake River salmon are on a path towards extinction. The scientists called for restoring a free-flowing Lower Snake River as the best way to prevent the extinction of Snake River salmon and steelhead.
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• March 12, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-New ESA Salmon Listings: An Opportunity For Salmon and the People of the Northwest. Conservation and fishing groups believe that new listings of Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead under the Endangered Species Act, set for March 16, are an opportunity to save salmon and protect the quality of life enjoyed by those in the Northwest.
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• March 4, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Report Shows Almost $1 Billion to be Gained Annually From Partially Removing 4 Lower Snake River Dams. A draft report by the Drawdown Regional Economics Workgroup (DREW) indicates that partially removing the four Lower Snake River dams to restore salmon and steelhead will add about $1 billion in increased sportfishing and other river recreation annually to the Pacific Northwest.
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• February 11, 1999: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Governor Locke's Statement opposing Dam Removal is Premature and Contradicts the Best Available Science. Fishing businesses, recreational fishers and conservation groups expressed shock and dismay over Washington Governor Gary Locke's recent remarks opposing the partial removal of four federal dams on the Lower Snake River. They called his statements premature, as economic studies are not yet complete, and contradictory to the best available science.
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• October 15, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association Endorses Dismantling Snake River Dams to Save Salmon. The Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association today announced its endorsement of partially removing four federal dams on the lower Snake River to restore Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead.
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• October 15, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Rep. Furse Proposes New Strategy for Columbia Basin Salmon. Fishing and conservation groups today applauded Representative Elizabeth Furse's (D-OR) new legislation to develop a unified plan for salmon recovery.
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• June 26, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Salmon Advocates Appreciate Commitment to Puget Sound Salmon But Condemn Continued Gridlock on the Columbia. Northwest fishing groups today thanked Senators Gorton (R-WA) and Murray (D-WA) for committing $30 million to Puget Sound salmon, but strongly condemned Gorton's continued obstructionist moves regarding Columbia Basin salmon recovery.
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• June 17, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-House Appropriations Committee Sends Wake-Up Call to Northwest: . The House Appropriations Committee yesterday harshly criticized the Army Corps of Engineers' Columbia River salmon recovery spending and cut the Corps' FY99 salmon budget from a requested $117 million to $7.75 million.
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• June 17, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Groups Announce Intent to Sue BPA. Frustrated by the agency's headlong rush to sell power to be delivered in 2001-
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• April 30, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Retiring Four Lower Snake River Dams Saves Money and Saves Salmon. A new economic report released today shows that retiring four dams on the lower Snake River to restore healthy salmon runs will result in an overall economic savings.
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• March 20, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Clinton Administration Rejects Army Corps/BPA Proposal: Endorses Status Quo Reliance on Fish Barging. Fishing Groups Call for Better Plan to Save Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead
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• March 17, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Portland Public Hearing on New Columbia River Plan:. Fishing groups will call for a phase-out of the failed fish barging and trucking program on the Columbia River at a public hearing hosted this evening by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in Portland, OR.
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• March 4, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Independent Scientists Attack Fish Barging and Trucking. In a report released yesterday, the Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) rejected plans to increase fish barging and called for a halt to fish trucking on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.
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• February 4, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Salmon Advocates Angry Over BPA, Army Corps Pro-Barging Stance: Showdown with Administration Begins. Salmon advocates will fire the first shots in a press conference today in an emerging battle that pits one government agency against others in the quest to restore salmon to the Columbia Basin.
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• January 29, 1998: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Government Study Provides Hope for Salmon Advocates: Breaching Some Dams Makes Economic Sense. Sportfishing groups, commercial fishermen and conservationists are encouraged by a new Army Corps of Engineers study on the costs of breaching the four lower Snake River dams.
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• August 11, 1997: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Idaho Steelhead Join Salmon on the Endangered Species List. Idaho fishing and conservation groups called for renewed action and leadership from Idaho's members of Congress, in the wake of today's listing of Snake River wild steelhead under the Endangered Species Act.
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