60 Minutes Looks at Salmon Issues
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With literally billions of our tax dollars being spent to recover salmon in the Columbia River basin — and populations continuing their downward spiral (Coho are essentially extinct in the system) - you have to wonder how long this will continue before the Snake River dams come down.
So does CBS News, who ran a solid (if uncreatively titled) 60 Minutes segment on the subject: “Fish Fuss Over Salmon.”
In the thirteen minute segment, they focus on the Snake River dams, and sadly, the reporter focuses on the cute and odd, missing the larger picture.
The voice of sanity is biologist Ed Cheney, who points out that our billions of tax dollars are largely being used not to recover salmon, but do everything but — propping up subsidized energy, cheap transporation, irrigation, etc.
In short, these aren’t “save the salmon” projects, they’re “save the dam” projects. The difference is crucial.
See you on my way to Montana, Tom Chandler.
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