Legal Opinion
Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Bonneville Power Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2007No. 06-70430, 06-71182PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge.
Salmon and steelhead 1 are two of the great natural resources of the Columbia River. Their continued existence has been threatened by the construction of dams to capture a third great natural resource of the Columbia River, its water power. As these dams were constructed, the number of salmon and steelhead migrating up the Columbia River to reproduce at its headwaters dropped. At one time, an estimated ten to sixteen million adult fish returned to the Columbia River basin each year. Today, only about one million fish return for spawning that is essential to the species’…
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