They are not mutually exclusive but unfortunately neither does anything to restore wild fish runs. It is nothing more than a harvest allocation battle. A few historical facts have to be remembered. When congress mandated that mitigation to replace salmon lost by building dams it was to replace salmon lost to the lower river commercial fisheries. It has only been in the past few decades that mitigation was extended to upriver users, mostly the tribes. The majority of the Columbia Basin salmon hatcheries are federally funded through the Northwest Power Planning Council.. The lower river harvest is essentially 100% funded by electric rate payers, maybe they should decide harvest allocation, its politics. If governor Kitzhaber is interested in salmon conservation he could take steps to reduce pesticide, herbicides, and personal care products discharges in Oregon. The same can be said for Washington.

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