troutdude
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Here's all of the deets:
https://earthjustice.org/press/2023...ID4-byntrjTIB3BZPMy8UxmEMo2N_ByTEuz5ArX0NY2lo
https://earthjustice.org/press/2023...ID4-byntrjTIB3BZPMy8UxmEMo2N_ByTEuz5ArX0NY2lo
U.S. Government Sets a Path to Breach the Four Lower Snake River Dams
Irishrover
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https://www.daines.senate.gov/2023/...hority-ignore-science-and-community-opinions/
This is not something that will happen soon. There will be a lot of court actions and congressional involvement. Time will tell.
“Congress – and Congress alone – can change the authorized purposes of federal dams and determine their future. Recent history has shown repeatedly that Congress is unwilling to drastically alter the operations of the Columbia River system or remove the lower Snake River dams,” the senators wrote. “. . . Recent salmon return numbers underscore that the policies implemented by past administrations—Democrat and Republican—are working.”
This is not something that will happen soon. There will be a lot of court actions and congressional involvement. Time will tell.
“Congress – and Congress alone – can change the authorized purposes of federal dams and determine their future. Recent history has shown repeatedly that Congress is unwilling to drastically alter the operations of the Columbia River system or remove the lower Snake River dams,” the senators wrote. “. . . Recent salmon return numbers underscore that the policies implemented by past administrations—Democrat and Republican—are working.”
rogerdodger
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Irishrover said:
Senators Daines, Risch, and Crapo seem to be a bit behind in their understanding of the Columbia river system...a better statement would be "the policies implemented by past administrations—Democrat and Republican—FOR DECADES are NOT working".
"Decades of data show that despite billions in taxpayer investment, salmon and steelhead hatchery programs and restoration projects in the Columbia River Basin have failed to support or boost native fish populations and in fact are contributing to their decline."
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/05/columbia-river-salmon-habitat-spending-study/#:~:text=Decades of data show that,are contributing to their decline.
Irishrover
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Right Rodger. My point was more that there will be major opposition to removal of these dams. If Oregon and Washington were to get serious about restoring the heath of the Columbia River Salmon runs, they would start by forbidding gillnetting on the Columbia. I have ventured to Salem and testified before both ODF&W and the state Senate on the issue only to have my words fall upon deaf ears. It looks like now that Washington might be taking the issue more seriously.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2023...ting-on-lower-columbia-river-may-be-numbered/
Perhaps if the combined DF&Ws of Or, Wa, and Alaska curtailed offshore fishing for the Columbia runs we could have similar results to those that occurred in the Bay are this year. It's going to take a comprehensive approach. The first real step is to remove indiscriminate gill nets.
This is the latest on the dam removal plan. The suit has been stayed. At least the Umatilla tribe is involved. They have done monumental work on salmon recovery.
https://cuj.ctuir.org/2023/12/feds-announce-plan-to-invest-in-salmon-recovery/
“The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is very appreciative of the collaboration with the Six Sovereigns and our federal partners, and looks forward to working together to advance the goals of healthy and abundant salmon for the benefit of current and future generations,” said CTUIR Board of Trustees member Corinne Sams, in the Dec. 15 White House announcement of the agreement.
Tight lines
https://www.columbian.com/news/2023...ting-on-lower-columbia-river-may-be-numbered/
Perhaps if the combined DF&Ws of Or, Wa, and Alaska curtailed offshore fishing for the Columbia runs we could have similar results to those that occurred in the Bay are this year. It's going to take a comprehensive approach. The first real step is to remove indiscriminate gill nets.
This is the latest on the dam removal plan. The suit has been stayed. At least the Umatilla tribe is involved. They have done monumental work on salmon recovery.
https://cuj.ctuir.org/2023/12/feds-announce-plan-to-invest-in-salmon-recovery/
“The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is very appreciative of the collaboration with the Six Sovereigns and our federal partners, and looks forward to working together to advance the goals of healthy and abundant salmon for the benefit of current and future generations,” said CTUIR Board of Trustees member Corinne Sams, in the Dec. 15 White House announcement of the agreement.
Tight lines
troutdude
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DING DING DING!!!
"Senators Daines, Risch, and Crapo seem to be a bit behind in their understanding of the Columbia river system...a better statement would be "the policies implemented by past administrations—Democrat and Republican—FOR DECADES are NOT working". "
"Senators Daines, Risch, and Crapo seem to be a bit behind in their understanding of the Columbia river system...a better statement would be "the policies implemented by past administrations—Democrat and Republican—FOR DECADES are NOT working". "
