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Hanford project helps to revitalize salmon, students NORTHWEST RICHLAND. Wash (AP) - With di'fun* i nudear ri'ai lons as a (mi kdrop, a group of ftvo young Yakama Indians shrmd* river Midimont from on arm-large cement basin on the north end of th«’ Hanford nuclear rewrvilion, Thu hum*. 17-foot-deop cement pond oiu *< hold Colunihin River water whit h had iieen cleared of debris before it was pumped through the reactors to tool them I he rv.it tors, are now .1 thing o! the past, but Westinghouse Hanford Id has found a use for them half-dozen holding ponds that overlook tin* river. I'hey make great fish tanks Once the Yakima i r«w finishes the mossy Job of cleaning the sediment out of the tank, it will be refilled w ith river water and will serve as temporary home to about a half-million freshly hatched fall chinook salmon Though I don't fish and i nt< h salmon, there are a lot of Yakima j maple who rely on salmon and 1 see this ns helping them." said Alan Tahscquah, 18 of Wap ato "I see it as a contribution " Alan and his four co-workers are vol unteers, who along with 12 other Yflkn mas are among the 72 participant* in the $! 8 million Salmon Corps projei t The Yakams crews, along with their fellow volunteers from the Me/ Perce, t 'maiilla Warm Springs and Shoshone Hannoc k tribes, are working to restore the dwin dling salmon runs along the Columbia River and its trihutaries The year-long project, which began in hfoVMHN I ' - ’ Amenr.orps plan in which young adult* exchange puh!i» service (or a stipend and college tuition Salmon Corps is a part nerxhtp among the trilew. the U S Depart - merit of Energy, the Earth Conservation Corps and the (Plumbio River Inter-Trib al Fish Commission i-ast >ear. the Yakama mire nn ressful ly raised a half-million salmon in one of the ponds Westinghmise Hanford then gave the go-ahead for the Salmon Corps to continue the project and < lean out and use two more of the cement basins ' lawk what they've done already." said Hanford Spe* ta! I’ruiie is Manager Nick Anderson, impressed by the progress made by the Salmon Corps crew. Bs spring, the Salmon Corps crews and the Department of Energy hope to have the funk* ready for the hahv salmon A million or vi fall chinook saimon will be brought in from Colombia River hati.h eries The fish will take about six weeks to mature to the smolt stage. when their physiology changes and they begin to seek the saltwater of the Pacific Ocean Once released, it is hoped, they will make the journey West and then one day return to the Columbia River to spawn "Chinook salmon go to sea for three years, Anderson said. "It’s not hiologt i ally understood, hut they'll know where they come from and they 'll come bar k to spawn We have lots of natural spawning ground in the Hanford rear h While Salmon Corps mission is to help revitalize a valuable trilwil resource, its goal is twofold The program is also designed to help another precious tribal resoun e its youth Alliance devises salmon PORTLAND (AP) — A coalition of Columbia Riv er Basin towns and businesses claims the North west (an save eitdaileered salmon witlro it costly i Images iiffut ting irrigation and power prod in lion I*he Columbia River Allium .«* favors barging more young fish downstream, instead of changing water levels .it hydroelni trie darns as rei omrnendod by si umttsls and environmentalists Hie iillinm e s salmon plan, called Recover t-PItis, is tlie latest In a series of fish recovers plans i ir dilating around the Northwest as the region si rug y.ies to save dei lining salmon runs The allium e represents tens of thousands of peo ple m agne ultuntl, navigation. labor. industry, t one ntunity and electric utility organi/aiums that dv|tend on the Snake and Columbia rivers Recover 1-Plus would restore endangered Snake River salmon and provide benefits for other salmon in the basin, "but it will not cripple the m onomv of our region," said Bruce Ixivelm. executive dim - tor of the Columbia River Alliam e The group claims that putting more salmon in barges would eliminate the need to use pro ions water to increase flows in the Snake and Columbia rivers The alliance plan, estimated to cost $r>8 million to $200 million a year, is based in part on com* outer models showing that barging the fish gives lietter results than im leasing riser flows But environmentalists. Indian tribes and state biologists have long < riticized the government‘a n»*urlv ffl \Pitr proctii <• of barging salmon down th« Columbia River During that time, salmon mns lave steadily declined The Bonnevttie Power Administration, which markets the elertru itv generated by Snake and (Mil Bad S tOO million a year to restore salmon runs Most nl the power ndmimstr.it uni's . i»st « nines from using water to help fish rather than maximizing power pmdtii tion and sales A salmon plan recent I v put together by the North west Power Planning Council, a regional federal agent y. is estimated to cost about $177 million, in addition to BPA spending The allinm « claims that a bigger, better fleet of barges and improved methods of collecting and releasing young fish would give far I letter results than increasing river flows to flush salmon down stream. i*s|m« tally along the Snake River Basin The alliance plan also t alls for improving the quality of streams in the upper Columbia and Snake wtiere salmon reproduce, reforming common tal fishing prat tii e» to avoid catching weak salmon slot ks. marking all hateherv salmon and redut mg hatchery production in streams targeted for wild slot ks Snake River salmon are protected under the Kndangered Species Ai t. which requires the fed eral government to save them Order during January 23rd thru 29th and you can get your favorite pizza for |ust $7.99! 11 be DOMINO'S mmWIk i $y99 I ANY PIZZA | ANY SIZE ; AMY TOPPINGS Valid only at I8S6 E 13th I (343-3030) January 23-29 343-3030 I8S6 E 13th (U of O Campus) |-1 MHWife $799 ANY PIZZA ANY SIZE ! ANY TOPPINCS ] Valid only at 1856 E 13th (343-3030) January 23-29 Sweet revenge fc* sNTuOMIHi I ■■«*» Roger lavery, associate professor of Journalism, was the first to have pies thrown at him at the Ad Club's annual fundraiser. Truck carrying gasoline wrecks on 1-5 Saturdav SAUM I AH) Traffit ha. ked up for mill’s Saturday on Inter statu r» before highway crews i ou lil rejiair damage* from an nor* 1> morning tanker truck explo Mots that damaged ail three south bound lane* A Chevron tanker t arrying 10,000 gallons of gasoline over turned, caught fire and exploded about 2 a m. just north of Salem where the freeway widens from four lanes to sis The driver escaped and nohod\ was injured, according to Jerry Martin, Oregon State Police spokesman. Highway crews were using asphalt to patch the concrete road surface damaged by the explo sion. They hoped the temporary repairs would last until a new concrete surface i an be pourud later this week, said Have Davis of the Oregon Department of Transportation. J The explosion apparently did not penetrate dwp enough lo damage tht* underlying metal reinforced layer of the concrete roadway, Davis said. Both sides of the freeway ware closed after the explosion but northbound lanes were reopened by 7 a m A detour for south* hound traffic had < .nised a back up stretching at least two miles by early Saturday afternoon but at least two lanes were reopened by it p.m and all this** were clear about H :tu p.m. State police said it appeared that the driver, Charles Naone, it 1, of Tualatin, had fallen asleep at tin* wheel He did not return phone caills Saturday Police said the accident remained under investigation. Chevron vvtll reimburse the state for the cost of removing gasoline-contaminated soil along the freeway. Holmes said. 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