11.   But he hopes mutual concerns about dwindling salmon runs will force the two countries to come together.

12.   But that salmon run is now close to extinction.

13.   Canada is angry at Alaska over what it sees as overfishing of salmon runs bound for rivers in northern British Columbia.

14.   Decisions were delayed for six months on four other salmon runs in California and Oregon.

15.   Environmental groups, meanwhile, plan to spotlight fishing industry workers whose jobs are endangered by the decline of salmon runs in Oregon and Washington.

16.   Even though the peak salmon runs and bear-viewing season had already passed, Kopy assured us we would encounter both.

17.   Environmental groups have called for breaching the dams to restore decimated salmon runs.

18.   Environmentalists have had a keen interest in the Elwha proposal, hoping it will become a laboratory that proves salmon runs can be resurrected by dam-busting.

19.   Gore holds open the option of tearing down four dams that threaten Snake River salmon runs, while Bush flatly opposes decommissioning.

20.   Gore proposed the resumption of formal talks over catch quotas and conservation of salmon runs headed for rivers in the Northwest and British Columbia.