Give A Dam For Salmon

State of Oregon, fishing and conservation groups ask federal court to protect salmon and create jobs

November 25, 2008

PORTLAND — The State of Oregon and a coalition of fishing and conservation groups asked a federal judge today for help in improving river conditions for endangered Northwest salmon and ensuring the jobs of Northwest fishermen. The injunction request filed in U.S. District Court seeks specific in-river protections in 2009 for Columbia-Snake River salmon. Judge James Redden will consider the request early next year when he is expected to rule on the plaintiffs’ underlying claims against the Bush administration’s 2008 salmon plan.

New York Times

Dam's Allies Have a Change of Heart

by Felicity Barringer

LOWER GRANITE DAM, Wash. - The wheat Bryan Jones grows in Eastern Washington begins its journey to Asia on barges along the lower Snake River. The river, once a wild, muscular torrent, was made barge friendly a quarter-century ago by four of the nation's most controversial hydropower dams.

Las Vegas Sun - September 21, 2007

Left high and dry, salmon make powerful friends in Nevada

By Phoebe Sweet

The fishermen who remember salmon running thick in Northern Nevada's rivers are gone.  And what salmon they were, shimmering beauties that began and ended their lives in Nevada waters, hatching in Elko and Humboldt counties and traveling thousands of miles through Idaho and Washington and Oregon and the Pacific Ocean before returning nearly a decade later to spawn.

Idaho Statesman - November 23, 2008

Our View: The next phase of the salmon debate begins with hope

It's way too early to declare Nov. 4, 2008 a turning point in the salmon debate.

But it isn't too early to hope. This month's elections finally offer a glimmer of optimism to anyone passionate about saving Idaho's wild salmon. Considering the continued plight of the salmon - and the political gridlock at the root of their peril - it feels good to feel hopeful.