A new cross-border agreement on Yukon River chinook salmon explicitly states that hydroelectric dams and development are affecting the species and, according to one expert, that will force more scrutiny of the Yukon government.
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While not as dire as last year, both runs still ranked as among the worst on-record for both species the chinook run was the second-smallest, while the chum run was the fifth.
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