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Flipper Them Off
State officials given OK to kill sea lions to protect salmon |
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18 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:22 PM on 18 Mar 2008 Oregon and Washington state officials will have the authority to trap and, if necessary, kill up to 85 of the sea lions that gobble up threatened salmon at the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced Tuesday. Sea lions, which enjoy a robust population but are nonetheless protected under the 1972 Marine Mammals Protection Act, have been visiting ... |
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| Topics: dams, endangered species, fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Dam Nation
Fisheries Service releases yet another Northwest salmon recovery plan |
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01 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:12 PM on 01 Nov 2007 The third draft of a federal plan for protecting endangered salmon and steelhead in the Northwest's Columbia and Snake Rivers does not propose breaching the four hydroelectric dams that block the waterways, frustrating activists who have long lobbied for the dams' removal. The National Marine Fisheries Service says the plan for helping the salmon is significantly improved over the p ... |
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| Topics: dams, endangered species, fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news (all these topics) |
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