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A new state report prepared for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recommends selective killing of seals and sea lions, to learn more about the impact they have on endangered salmon runs.
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The United States and Canada will renegotiate how to handle flood control and hydropower on the Columbia River. However, salmon advocates also want negotiators to consider the health of the Columbia River ecosystem.
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Only 12 commercial fishing captains hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest, out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The remaining practitioners of the traditional Indigenous fishing method say the gear should be the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks.
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Breaching the Snake River dams is one major way to protect salmon. That’s according to a federal report from NOAA Fisheries on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin that came out Friday.
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If two British Columbia tailings dams fail, it could spell disaster, according to two reports that analyzed the chances of the dams failing.
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The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the Snake River must be replaced before the dams can be breached to save endangered salmon runs. That's according to a report issued Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats.
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The Biden administration has released two reports arguing that removing dams on the lower Snake River may be needed to restore salmon runs to historic levels in the Pacific Northwest. The reports say replacing the electricity created by the dams is possible but will cost $11 billion to $19 billion.
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The return of salmon to the tidelands below Indian Island’s bluffs has been swift following the removal of a causeway. Bill Kalina, the island’s environmental program manager for the Navy, was taken aback by the jump in the number of juvenile salmon since the causeway was replaced with the bridge. Only six juvenile salmon were found in five years before the bridge opened. During two days in May, volunteers netted almost 1,000 juvenile salmon.
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The place where salmon spend most of their lives also is the place scientists know the least about: the ocean.
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A recent salmon field trip has helped students become more curious about salmon. The event is the capstone after around 3,000 fourth grade students in Washington state raised young salmon in their classrooms.