Columbia River salmon plan still in question
The federal judge overseeing efforts to make the Columbia Basin's federal hydroelectric dams safer for salmon is giving the Obama administration one last chance to come up with something better that won't violate the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. District James Redden said Wednesday in Portland that the administration has until Feb. 19 to amend the plan. Redden has twice before rejected federal plans for accommodating Columbia Basin salmon, but he has given the government multiple opportunities to amend the one currently before his court.
Read full reports and an excerpt from the judge's ruling in the New York Times.
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