81.   He said he favors breaching the four Snake River dams to protect dwindling salmon runs.

82.   However, salmon runs diminished as huge amounts of water were taken from the river.

83.   Salmon runs have dwindled through much of the Columbia system, especially in the Snake River.

84.   Some subsistence fisheries there have been limited in recent years after commercial fisheries took a big bite out of weak salmon runs.

85.   The lawsuit contended endangered salmon runs in Oregon would be harmed by logging.

86.   Trying to rescue a fish they feel is sacred, the Indians today have become major players in the complicated, contentious fight to improve Columbia River salmon runs.

87.   When salmon runs on the Yukon River collapsed, Gov. Tony Knowles declared a disaster in the area.