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Roll On, Columbia
Tribes and Bushies reach Northwest salmon settlement |
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08 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:19 PM on 08 Apr 2008 In exchange for four Native tribes dropping lawsuits, the Bush administration will spend $900 million over the next decade to help out Northwest salmon. The settlement reached Monday ends, for the time being, a decades-long legal battle over the best balance of tribal and commercial fishing rights, protection for salmon, and regional power demands in the Columbia River basin. The new plan doe ... |
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