President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies Wednesday to do a 120-day review of how they can help restore wild fish runs in the Columbia River, while supporting hydropower and benefits dams provide to agriculture.
Salmon head upstream at a viewing window in the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 ,to do a 120-day review of how they can help restore wild fish runs in the Columbia River while supporting hydropower and benefits dams provide to agriculture.
Environmental groups suing the U.S. government over dams welcomed the announcement, but urged the administration to go farther and plan to remove four dams on the Lower Snake River.
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