This from another board.
"My fisheries biologist friend who has spent most of his 30 year career trying to save Columbia River salmon and many weeks in DC lobbying over the last several year sent me the an email yesterday basically saying this is the beginning of the end of Columbia River salmon. The damage that the remaining 3.5 years of this administration will do to Columbia River salmon will be felt for a long time and true salmon recovery is likely lost. Just a year ago my friend was extremely optimistic that the runs could be doubled in the next 5 years with a combination of upper river damn removal and better spill practices for the remaining dams and all the steps were in place to make to happen. All those deals have been revokes and now the dams will be operated to maximize energy production with the consideration of salmon now eliminated. My biologist friends parting words were "enjoy the next few years of salmon fishing as they may be the last."