<strong>The agreement establishes a tribal energy authority to oversee the development of new energy resources and allocates additional resources to preserve the Snake River salmon populations.</strong>
Irrigators who draw water from the lower Snake River support the proposed settlement of a long-running salmon and dams lawsuit and think regional opposition to the agreement is overblown.
The Biden Administration joined environmental groups, four tribal governments and the states of Washington and Oregon on Thursday in unveiling a $1 billion plan meant to halt salmon declines in the Columbia and Snake River system.
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