WA: Salmon to Survive Dam Plan

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Fish to survive dam plan, agency says

By JEFF BARNARD

The Associated Press

The agency in charge of restoring Northwest salmon concluded Wednesday the latest court-ordered plan for running federal dams in the Columbia/Snake River basins is not likely to jeopardize the survival of threatened/endangered salmon/steelhead.

"The picture that emerges is not pretty, but it is hopeful," said Bob Lohn, Northwest director of NOAA Fisheries.

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Federal judge critical of salmon plans
Parties in Columbia, Snake dam projects told to return to court
Last updated December 10, 2007 9:52 p.m. PT

By JEFF BARNARD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The federal judge overseeing efforts to balance salmon against dams in the Columbia Basin has told federal dam operators their latest effort does not appear to be any better than two previous failed plans, and he will take over the process rather than send it back to them a third time.

The judge wrote that the plan appears to rely heavily on $1.5 billion worth of habitat improvement projects, hatchery reforms, predator control and dam modifications, with no assurance Congress will pay for them or that they will help salmon.

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