Oregon salmon restoration supported

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved restoration of chinook salmon to the area now blocked by dams on the Klamath River... By JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved restoration of chinook salmon to the area now blocked by dams on the Klamath River. The vote Friday in Sisters amended Oregon's fisheries-management plan for the Upper Klamath Basin to allow biologists to prepare for the day — years down the road — when salmon will be able to reach some 300 miles of habitat blocked the past century by small hydroelectric dams. "It's been a long time coming," said commission Chairwoman Marla Rae. The dam owner, Portland-based utility PacifiCorp, has applied for a federal license to continue operating the dams another 50 years, but federal biologists... [read full story]