A bill that would exempt three Columbia
Basin tribes from Oregons Wild Fish Policy moved out of a legislative
committee this week and onto the House floor. If approved, the bill would
give the tribes authority to use hatchery supplementation to increase numbers
of salmon and steelhead and, some say, would circumvent processes already
in motion.
House Bill 3609, introduced by Rep.
Jason Atkinson,R-Jacksonville, passed out of the Joint Stream Restoration
and Species Enhancement …
