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1. GORTON RIDER BLOCKS FUNDING FOR BREACHING STUDIES
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Thursday, August 28, 2003 (PST) |
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Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., this week announced he will seek to block
funding for federal agencies to further study the option of breaching
Columbia and Snake river dams to restore salmon.
In a Senate floor speech on Wednesday, Gorton said he would add the
funding restriction to the interior appropriations bill for FY2001.
Gorton chairs the Senate interior appropriations subcommittee.
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2. NMFS REGIONAL CHIEF STELLE RESIGNS POST
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Thursday, August 28, 2003 (PST) |
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The federal government's top regional salmon recovery official has opted
for the private life, leaving his job little more than a month after his
and other federal agencies unveiled their sweeping plan for restoring 12
Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead runs listed under the Endangered
Species Act.
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3. HATCHERY SPACE SOUGHT FOR METHOW SURPLUS EGGS
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Thursday, August 28, 2003 (PST) |
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A summer-long battle by tribes and a local citizens group to find a home
for surplus hatchery spring chinook salmon and their progeny entered a
new phase this week with Washington Sen. Slade Gorton promising funds to
avert "destruction" of those fishes' eggs and challenging ESA guardians
to rethink genetic rules.
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