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The U.S. Promised Tribes They Would Always Have Fish, but the Fish They Have Pose Toxic Risks <[link removed]> For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish. So, we did. What we found was alarming for tribes. by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Maya Miller, ProPublica

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The Racism, and Resilience, Behind Today’s Salmon Crisis <[link removed]> Salmon have been endangered my entire life. Here’s what I didn’t realize until I started reporting. by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting <[link removed]>

How a Federal Agency Is Contributing to Salmon’s Decline in the Northwest <[link removed]> Damming the powerful waters of the Columbia River was a boon for cheap, clean electricity. But the fish that swam those waters are dying out. And the agency in charge isn’t stopping that. by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting <[link removed]>

The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway. <[link removed]> The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. But instead of preserving wild salmon, it propped up a failing system of hatcheries. Now, that system is falling apart. by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Irena Hwang, ProPublica, photography by Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Oregon Public Broadcasting <[link removed]>

How Not to Count Salmon <[link removed]> Data reporter Irena Hwang thought counting fish to evaluate the hatchery system in the Pacific Northwest sounded like a fun project. That was before she started asking biologists about what the publicly available data could really tell us. by Irena Hwang <[link removed]>

Help Us Understand Pacific Northwest Salmon and Treaty Rights <[link removed]> Dozens of people have told us about the decline of wild fish in the Columbia River and the U.S. government’s failure to uphold treaty rights. Now, we’re interested in hearing from you. by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting <[link removed]>

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