"Biden Administration Invests $200 Million to Revive Columbia River Salmon Population"
The Biden administration has committed over $200 million to fully fund Native tribes' plans to reintroduce salmon in the upper Columbia River basin, more than 80 years after the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam rendered the fish extinct in parts of Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia. This unprecedented federal support is a course correction from previous resistance by some federal agencies to tribal salmon restoration efforts. The tribes' long-term plan involves building hatcheries, releasing fish into waters above the dam, and developing techniques to pass fish safely around the dams. The agreement also recognizes the federal government's violations of tribal fishing rights and aims to rectify past wrongs.