Judge doesn't rule out breaching Snake River dams to save salmon

Federal officials, who have spent much of the last decade 'avoiding their obligations under the Endangered Species Act,' need a contingency plan to save the endangered fish, the judge says. For years, the federal government has struggled to find a way to operate the massive hydropower system on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest and still recover the endangered salmon that all-too-frequently are slaughtered at the massive dams as they make their way up and down the river.

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