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…
Trump administration exits salmon restoration agreement with Pacific Northwest states
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has decided to withdraw from an agreement with Washington, Oregon, and four American Indian tribes aimed at restoring salmon populations. This move ends the 2023 Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, which had committed over $1 billion to salmon recovery efforts over the next decade. A White House statement indicated that the
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Trump administration pulls US out of agreement to help restore salmon in the Columbia River
President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of an agreement with Washington, Oregon and four American Indian tribes to work together to restore salmon populations and boost tribal energy development in the Pacific Northwest, deriding the plan as “radical environmentalism” that could have
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