Dance of denial. [The decline of Snake River chinook and sockeye]
Journal Article
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· Sierra; (United States)
OSTI ID:6679232
The numbers of Snake River chinook and sockeye successfully completing their spawning migration to their home waters have declined drastically. In the summer of 1992, exactly one sockeye returned to its ancestral home. Grazing, stream diversions, dams, filling of wetlands, and pollution have all played a part in the decline, but dams remain the main cause. The Northwest Power Planning Council in 1992 approved a two-part strategy to save the salmon population: fish transport and drawing down Snake River reservoirs. Fish transport is not restoring the original salmon runs and drawdowns have not been done. The salmon continue to go extinct and the economy of fishing towns and industries is being ruined.
- OSTI ID:
- 6679232
- Journal Information:
- Sierra; (United States), Vol. 78:2; ISSN 0161-7362
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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