US EditionTrump administration pulls US out of agreement to help restore salmon in the Columbia River
- President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday withdrawing the federal government from the 2023 Columbia River Basin salmon recovery agreement in the Pacific Northwest.
- The withdrawal followed the 2023 deal reached by the Biden administration with states, environmental groups, and four tribes holding treaty fishing rights after decades of legal battles.
- The agreement included over $1 billion in federal investments for salmon restoration, tribal clean energy projects, and maintaining dam operations amid declining fish populations threatened by hydroelectric dams.
- Trump called the commitments onerous and misguided, accusing the Biden plan of prioritizing speculative climate concerns above reliable energy, claiming dam removals would harm irrigation, shipping, and increase costs.
- The decision sparked strong condemnation from tribes and environmentalists who warned it undermines treaty rights and salmon survival, while utility and farming groups welcomed it as necessary for energy reliability.
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Trump Says Plan to Recover Salmon Population Is ‘Radical’ — So He Killed it
President Donald Trump has scrapped a landmark agreement meant to help salmon populations recover in the Pacific Northwest, calling the plan “radical environmentalism.” In a presidential order issued Thursday, Trump pulled the federal government out of a deal negotiated by President Joe Biden with the states of Washington and Oregon, and four Native American tribes. The agreement, known as the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, aimed to restore…
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