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Losing the Salmon by Julian Matthews Lewiston Tribune, June 19, 2019

Since we have almost no fishing on the Clearwater River and the rest this year, many will say or indicate it's over all not a disaster or foreboding predictor of no salmon in the future.

But I believe it is. Granted, many groups dump millions of smolts from hatcheries and even those don't make it back to their hatchery (home). Essentially, even a bystander can tell the hydropower on the Snake River is going to go the way of landline phones when more efficient and less destructive methods of power are in place and being further developed.

Even Idaho elected officials question the validity of the four lower Snake River dams and the future of salmon.

So why don't we just admit we're wrong and begin the deconstruction of the lower four Snake River dams. It's inevitable.

Let's take action before the salmon go extinct.