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• Five-year plan to clean Columbia basin toxins

  September 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 State, federal and tribal leaders pledged support Thursday for restoring Columbia River watersheds through programs that reduce toxic compounds in the water. The nation’s fourth-largest river basin contains mercury, PCBs, …

• U.S. may limit fish hatcheries on Columbia

  August 8, 2010 in City on Page B2 PORTLAND – Federal biologists will recommend four options for dealing with salmon hatchery programs that feed into the Columbia River Basin, the toughest of which would pull federal dollars from …

• Salmon plan boosts protection, administration says

  September 15, 2009 in City, Region The Obama administration says it will be more aggressive in protecting declining Pacific Northwest salmon runs and will study breaching some dams as a last resort in a long-awaited management …