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To protect the river ecosystem, the choices are clear — 

 only flow augmentation, reservoir drawdowns, or some combination 

 of the two will do the job. To restore endangered salmon, the 

 choices are the same. We need to move more fish out of barges 

 and into the river. The best available science shows that 

 transportation alone will not recover our salmon runs. 



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As recent polls have confirmed, the people of the Pacific 

 Northwest want salmon restored ~ for our economy, for our 

 culture, for our obligations to Indian tribes, and for our 

 children and grandchildren. 



our legacy to future generations hangs in the balance. We 

 will either be known as the generation that saved the salmon or 

 as the generation that let them go extinct. Action must be taken 

 now or it will be too late for the endangered salmon of the 

 Columbia Basin. If we act now, and act with urgency, we can 

 still leave our children and grandchildren healthy salmon runs 

 continually leaping upstream. 



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