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Columbia River Salmon Restoration
In this hour of Science Friday, we'll look at an issue near and dear to the hearts of northwesterners: the declining number of salmon that return to the Columbia River to spawn. Dams, irrigation and flood-control, among other human activities, have greatly diminished the area available to salmon and, ultimately, the number of salmon. We'll discuss the science of the situation, and some possible solutions.
Guests:
Ted Strong
Member
Yakama Indian Nation
Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Portland, Oregon
Charles Coutant
Senior Research Ecologist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Member
Independent Scientific Advisory Board to the Northwest Power Planning Council
John Magnuson
Chair
Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids
Professor of Zoology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
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