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Federal Officials Air Pacific Northwest's Drought Dangers to Salmon.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2001

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 17--Federal officials yesterday briefed state and tribal leaders on the tightrope effort to manage Columbia River dams in the midst of drought, regional power shortages and the downstream migration of young endangered salmon.

Federal officials hope to provide some help to salmon heading downstream by spilling some water rather than running it through dam turbines that are key to regional power production.

But the drought forecasts keep getting worse, so even if no water is spilled to help salmon, the region still could face blackouts and huge rate increases to help keep Bonneville Power Administration financially solvent, reports released yesterday show.

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