Federal agency officials, the governors of Washington and Oregon, and the leaders of four tribes on Friday gathered at the White House Friday for a ceremonial signing of a $1 billion agreement meant to halt salmon declines in the Columbia and Snake River system.
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A longstanding court case over salmon declines in the Columbia and Snake rivers will see a five-to-ten-year pause after a federal judge agreed to give the Biden Administration, four Northwestern tribes, an assortment of environmental groups and the states of Washington and Oregon additional time to test out a $1 billion agreement intended to resolve the dispute.
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