A U.S. appeals court on Monday affirmed an order to spill more water over Columbia and Snake river dams to help protect salmon and steelhead and aid their migration to the sea.
The decision came after U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon of Oregon ruled last spring that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must spill more water through spillways rather than turbines that pose a danger to the fish.
He sided with conservationists who say allowing extra water to flow between April and mid-June will help young salmon.
The Army Corps, National Marine Fisheries Service, and another federal agency appealed Simon’s ruling.
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