Conservationists, US Tribes Say Salmon Deal Is Map to Breaching Dams
Voice of America
FILE — The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. The U.S. government said Dec. 14, 2023, that it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
The U.S. government said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and that it will help figure out how to offset the hydropower, transportation and other benefits provided by four controversial dams on the Snake River, should Congress ever agree to breach them.
FILE - South Vietnamese forces follow children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places, June 8, 1972. FILE - Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut, center, flanked by Kim Phuc, left, holds his Pulitzer Prize winning photo, as they wait to meet with Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, May 11, 2022.