Readers respond: Blumenauer, Simpson show the way on salmon
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Thanks to Reps Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, for finding common ground and talking about what solutions can look like (“Opinion: Columbia River needs a Northwest solution to sustain all our communities,” May 9). As Rep. Blumenauer said in a recent statement, “These days it’s rare to see a Democrat and Republican thoughtfully discussing something together, but I’m committed to working with him . . . and help our communities thrive.” He’s right: The urgency, and this opportunity, are bigger than politics. Salmon need courageous, bipartisan solutions.
For nearly 30 years, those of us working for Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead have been forced to fight the federal agencies operating eight dams on the Columbia and Snake at every turn for river operations that give salmon recovery a realistic shot. Oregon has played an essential role in holding federal agencies accountable
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Coho run projections excite Columbia River anglers
Numbers won’t be as big in river as in ocean By Terry Otto, for The Columbian
Published: February 17, 2021, 5:10pm
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4 Photos Karen Trandum of Sandy, Ore., fights an ocean coho during one of the last really good years. Returns have suffered recently, but this year s ocean return of coho to the Oregon and Washington coast is expected to be an astounding 1.7 million adults. (Terry Otto/for The Columbian) Photo Gallery
There’s a big number being floated around on websites and among local fishermen’s circles, and that number is 1.7 million. That figure is the ocean abundance projection for this year’s adult coho salmon return to the Washington-Oregon coast in 2021. That big number is causing excitement, but it is deceiving in some ways.