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Redden says Snake River dams should go

U.S. District Judge James Redden, shown in February 2006, has asked for a different judge to be assigned the case considering the operation of the Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams and their impact on salmon. (Associated Press)

RIVERS — In an interview for a television broadcast, U.S. District Judge James A. Redden , who presided over the Northwest’s biggest salmon lawsuit for nearly a decade, said the Snake River’s four hydropower dams should be breached to help wild salmon.

Redden made the comments to Idaho Public Television .

See the story in the Oregonian .

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