1. All of these uses may be restricted in order to protect the endangered salmon. 2. Another, especially here in Washington state, was the controversy over a proposal to help endangered salmon by removing dams on the Snake River in eastern Washington. 3. Back in December, internal documents show, the agency staff proposed to declare that the forest plans jeopardized endangered salmon, which would have required prompt changes. 4. But the unknown number that survived have the potential to severely weaken the bloodline of endangered wild salmon in three Maine rivers. 5. Federal fish experts pleased almost nobody Wednesday with a plan to restrict the operation of Columbia Basin hydropower dams and reservoirs to prevent the extinction of endangered salmon. 6. Gorton allied himself with the timber, mining and agricultural industries, taking strong stands against tearing down dams to save endangered salmon. 7. He continued, however, to straddle the question of whether dams on the Snake River in eastern Washington should be breached to help endangered salmon. 8. In the past few springs, the Delta pumps have been shut down for several weeks to keep them from eating endangered salmon and smelt. 9. One, for instance, is the bitter contentiousness over proposals to help endangered salmon by removing dams on the Snake River in eastern Washington. 10. The council involved itself in issues from logging of public forests to breaching of Snake River dams to save endangered salmon. |