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Victories:

A Fighting Chance for Wild Salmon in the Columbia & Snake Rivers

Judge Finds Dam Operations Illegal

Campaign:

Fish Trees Water: Safeguarding and Restoring the Great Northwest

Issue:

Region:

Pacific Northwest

Office:

Background:

Enforcing Salmon Protections of the Northwest Forest Plan

Salmon Protection in the Northwest

Snake River Dam Operation

Buck in Brief:

"The Columbia... a river that died and was reborn as money" (07/15/05)

The ESA and the Executive (10/19/06)

Victory Roundup (04/17/07)

Legal Document:

Columbia Hydropower Opinion

Salmon BiOp Order 9-27-06

Tribes' response to government's report to Redden 0706

Upper Snake Biological Opinion Ruling

Press Release:

Congress Urged to Act as Bush Administration Fails to Deliver on New Pacific Northwest Salmon Plan (05/05/08)

Scientists, Ratepayer Groups, and Salmon Advocates Respond to Federal-Tribal Deal on Columbia-Snake River Dams (04/07/08)

Court Extends Columbia-Snake River Salmon Conservation Measures through 2008 (02/26/08)

Congress Urged to Act as Bush Administration Again Fails Pacific Northwest Salmon (10/31/07)

Appeals Court Sides with Salmon (04/09/07)

Additional Resources:

The Current Attack on the Salmon Listings

Tom's Turn:

Science Under Siege (10/15/04)

Cases

Columbia River Hydropower Reform

In Brief: A combination of dams, diversions, pollution, and other factors has reduced the populations of wild salmon in the watershed of the Columbia to a tiny fraction of their historic size. Earthjustice is involved in several lawsuits aimed at restoring the salmon and making the river more hospitable to them.

Staff:

Clients:

American Rivers

Idaho Rivers United

National Wildlife Federation

Northwest Environmental Advocates

Northwest Sport Fishing Industry Association

Updated: April 16, 2005

Case #05602, 05678