Save Our Wild Salmon
is a nationwide coalition of conservation organizations, commercial and sportsfishing associations, businesses, river groups, and taxpayer advocates working collectively to restore self-sustaining, abundant, and harvestable populations of wild salmon and steelhead to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon states.
Alaska Trollers Association
American Rivers
American Whitewater
Association of Northwest
Steelheaders
Columbia Riverkeeper
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
Federation of Fly Fishers
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Earth
Idaho Rivers United
Idaho Steelhead and Salmon
Unlimited
Lands Council
The Mountaineers
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Northwest Sportfishing
Industry Association
NW Energy Coalition
Orca Network
Oregon Guides and Packers
Oregon Natural Desert
Association
Oregon Wild
Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen's Associations
Salmon For All
Sierra Club
SPAWN
Taxpayers For Common
Sense
Trout Unlimited
Washington Trollers
Association
Washington Wilderness
Coalition
Washington Wildlife
Federation
Wild Steelhead Coalition
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Obama was right
So it’s time for his NOAA to release scientific findings on the salmon plan
December 17th, 2009 -
In his inaugural speech, President Obama promised to restore science to its rightful place. That line was barbed comment on the presidency of George W. Bush, in which political decisions were made about biological issues. In the Bush years, government scientists were told to be silent.
Now we have evidence of a similar game at President Obama's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. After NOAA released a timid salmon plan, groups such as Save Our Wild Salmon asked to see the testimony of scientific review that was delivered on July 6-8. But NOAA denied the request.
Slowly, the scientists' findings are dribbling out, as federal District Judge James Redden demands them. Eventually Judge Redden will have all of the scientific review.
Writing on Nov. 25, The Oregonian called the Obama salmon plan "clearly the best Columbia salmon recovery plan the federal government has ever produced." We do not accept that perspective, which we would politely suggest is the Bonneville Power Administration party line. Spilling water from the dams for the benefit of salmon lies at the heart of the salmon plan. But spilling water denies power generation to the BPA.
We also disagree with The Oregonian's recommendation that Judge Redden back off. If Judge Redden needs advisers, he can do better than the editorial writers who told us that an Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Bradwood would be good for Columbia River salmon.
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