Judge Rules Plan Falls Short For Salmon On Columbia And Snake Rivers

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 12:00AM
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U.S. District Court Judge James Redden has once again rejected the federal government's plan to operate hydropower dams in the Columbia River basin without jeopardizing salmon.

The decision sends the exhaustive plan back to federal agencies for a redo for the third time, with a focus on habitat improvement after 2013. The current plan stays in place until 2013, the judge said.

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