11.   He also proposes spending more to help restore the Everglades, fight pollution in the Great Lakes and assist the salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest.

12.   He said he had been assured by government scientists that the money in the plan was enough to launch an effective salmon recovery effort.

13.   It has been saddled with soaring salmon recovery costs as it struggles to revive runs that have been damaged by the Columbia River dams under its jurisdiction.

14.   Kitzhaber and the federal government initially responded with outrage, and the governor worried aloud that support for salmon recovery would evaporate.

15.   Leaders of environmental and recreational fishing groups praised the strategy as a long-overdue, scientifically sound attempt to get serious about salmon recovery.

16.   Officials in Oregon and Washington have complained that the emergency orders are draining scarce power from the Northwest, sharply raising electricity rates and threatening salmon recovery.

17.   Northwest consumers would be spared further electricity rate hikes to pay for salmon recovery under a White House plan that shifts much of the financial burden to the nation.

18.   Northwest electrical ratepayers pay most of the cost of salmon recovery.

19.   On Tuesday, the council began three days of meetings to consider final approval of a salmon recovery strategy.

20.   One proposal would keep decision-making in an interagency review team, but create an advisory board to represent the many interests at stake in salmon recovery policy.