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Renewed legal battle ramps up over Columbia Basin dams and salmon

by Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard
| October 16, 2025 5:29 PM

A long-running court battle over how to balance protections for endangered fish with hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin has resumed after a two-year pause.

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