A . 



Call for . 



Cooperation 



For more than 50 years, Northwest- 

 emers have enjoyed the benefits of the 

 Columbia River system — electricity, irrigated 

 farms, river navigation, flood control, 

 recreational opportunities and more — at a 

 price that doesn't account for the loss of 

 salmon and other creatures that relied on the 

 river for their survival. 



But regional attitudes and laws have 

 changed. In 1980, for example, the 

 Northwest Power Act ordered 



that fish and wildlife of the Columbia River 

 Basin be protected and enhanced because 

 they were damaged by the dams. The cost of 

 rebuilding these fish and wildlife populations 

 is part of the cost of electricity from these 

 dams. 



The Act further requires that we treat the ' 

 entire Columbia River Basin as a single 

 system when we design our program of 

 recovery. ■ - 



W9 



Petitions filed to list some runs of Columbia River salmon 

 under ttie federal Endangered Species Act. Petitions are 

 wittidrawn pending passage of the Norttiwest Power Act. 



1980 ' J 



Last salmon cannery on ttie Columbia River closes. 



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