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Article: LET THE SNAKE RIVER FLOW A SALMON PLAN THAT BENEFITS FISH - AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.(Focus)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- May 22, 2005
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Byline: JIM BRADFORD AND ROB MASONIS
It is difficult to think of a more inspiring story than that of the Snake River salmon and steelhead. These fish truly are one of Earth's most incredible animals, traveling 900 miles inland from the sea, gaining nearly 7,000 feet in elevation as they reach the Rocky Mountains. They bring to the forested rivers of central Idaho vital nutrients from the Pacific Ocean and are a key link in the web of life.
Sad to say, today their numbers have dwindled to less than 3 percent of their historic abundance of roughly 2 million, and all Snake River salmon and steelhead populations are protected under the Endangered Species ...