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The Oklahoma City Memorial, hands down, most moves and humbles me in its offer, not demand, to think about our treatment of one another.Of the many DC memorials i"ve visited, the Lincoln Memorial speaks deepest to me.  In particular, Lincoln's words in his second inaugural address  inscribed on the wall. 

Question: Some, Tribal Leaders and others, have posed the idea of seeking UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Celilo.  How might the Confluence memorial help in seeking that designation?

Charles Hudson

posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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Higgins perpetuates one of the "foodie" myths.

posted 3 years ago
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The Columbia/Snake salmon matter looks to be drawing to a resolution. The Northwest delegation (Democrats and Republicans) are unified in their opposition to breaching. The majority of the regional sovereigns are rallying around the Columbia Basin Fish Accords. 

How can NOAA add value?

posted 3 years, 10 months ago
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Be happy to.
Broad or narrow? A particular river system? stock?

posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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Sounds like you need to go do your own study. Otherwise check the ample existing data on this topic. Your worries will be alleviated.

posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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Factual inaccuracies are causing much of the public confusion on this topic.
please stop trafficking in such innaccuracies. Fishing for spring chinook, the species exploited by sea lions at Bonneville Dam, is typically managed in a 9-11% harvest rate. A NOAA official last week speculated that sea lions may have taken as much as 40% of this years Columbia River run.

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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