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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 Changes at Snake River dams helping Idaho sockeye salmon Success could lead to changes at other dams By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Structural changes at two Snake River dams in Washington state are helping more endangered sockeye salmon make the trip upstream to central Idaho this year, federal oficials say. The permanent system at Lower Granite Dam and a tem- porary system at Little Goose Dam pull up cold, deep water for ish ladders to combat high temperatures that discour- age ish from completing their journey. The success of the new systems could lead to sim- ilar changes at other dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers. “The strategy of putting cooler water at the top end of the ladder appears to be effec- tive,” said Ritchie Graves of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “It takes a while to learn how to do it correctly.” The permanent structure installed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lower Granite Dam earlier this year cost $1.2 million and follows the massive die-off of sock- eye salmon in the Columbia Basin in 2015. Managers say an unusual combination of low water and an extended heat wave pushed water tempera- tures past 70 degrees, lethal for cold-water sockeye. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report released in April cited hot water throughout the basin as the cause for the die-off, but also noted a lack of action by federal managers as playing a role. The report said one of the factors contributing to the deaths of sockeye salmon was “fallback,” a tendency of ish to successfully climb a dam’s ish ladder but then, running into warm water, decide to go back downstream, often via a dam’s spillway or through the turbines. Fish that survive use up energy reserves, decreasing their chance of reaching their destination. Oficials say fall- Joe Jaszewski/The Idaho Statesman Water pours out of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Pomeroy, Wash. Fed- eral officials say structural changes at two Snake River dams in Washington state are helping more endangered sockeye salmon make the trip upstream. back is a problem at many dams in the system. Snake River sockeye have to pass eight of them to get to central Idaho. “We want to get (salmon) to where they’re going as quickly as possible,” Graves said. “Part of that is making sure there are no delays in the ladder system.” That led to the ish lad- der changes that appear to be working. In 2014, about 25 percent of sockeye fell back at Lower Granite Dam. This year with the new system, that dropped to 5.5 percent. “The ladder exit shower has worked about as well as we could have hoped for at Gran- ite,” said Russ Kiefer of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The permanent system at Lower Granite Dam pulls up water from about 70 feet deep, which in summer is about 10 degrees cooler than surface water, and uses a spray sys- tem near the top of the ladder to create a plume of cold water. A temporary system costing $342,000 is in place at Little Goose Dam. Kiefer is a mem- ber of a basin-wide technical team considering putting in a permanent system at the dam. He said similar systems at dams farther downstream would tend to lose their effec- tiveness as the reservoirs them- selves are hotter and pulling up deeper water might not make a signiicant difference. Overall this year, Snake River sockeye are doing much better than last year with cooler water temperatures throughout the Columbia Basin. About 1,250 of the ish crossed Bon- neville Dam on the Columbia River this year, and about 400 have arrived in central Idaho so far, with about another 100 expected by the end of September. Last year, an estimated 4,000 Snake River sock- eye crossed Bonneville Dam in what managers expected would be one of the best-ever returns to high mountain lakes in central Idaho. But only about 40 ish survived the 900- mile journey. “This year, Mother Nature helped us out,” Kiefer said. Hunting, ishing licenses on sale again after cyberattack By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE — Hunting and ishing licenses are on sale again in Washington state, after someone hacked or attempted to hack into an outside ven- dor’s system, exposing several million records containing the personal information of hunt- ers and anglers throughout the Northwest. Washington halted all license sales after the intru- sion was discovered early last week, but resumed them Sat- urday through its network of 600 dealers across the state, after conirming those sales are secure. Online sales remain suspended because oficials still can’t ensure the online system’s security, the Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife said. “With many excellent late summer and fall hunting and ishing opportunities rapidly approaching, this is great news for hunters, anglers, and every- one who enjoys Washington’s outdoors,” department direc- tor Jim Unsworth said in an emailed statement. “I appre- ciate our customers’ patience this last week while license sales were unavailable.” The FBI and the Depart- ment of Homeland Security are investigating, but the extent of the hacking effort remained unclear Saturday. While Wash- ington oficials said they had conirmed that millions of records were “exposed,” the vendor, Dallas-based Active Network, said it didn’t receive reports or ind evidence that personal information was compromised. Rick Hargrave, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the state’s network security team similarly “didn’t ind any evi- dence that personal data was taken or viewed,” the States- man Journal in Salem reported. Idaho and Oregon also halted online sales of ishing and hunting licenses, but they allowed in-person sales to con- tinue at businesses and state ofices. In the three states, about 80 percent of licenses are sold at those sites, which include sporting goods stores and tackle shops. Active Network’s event and activity management software is used by tens of thousands of event organizers nationwide, including marathons and other races. The company said the potential threat was isolated to ishing and hunting licensing systems in the three states. It didn’t say whether the hacking attempt was success- ful. The company released a software update to address the threat within 15 hours and hired a cybersecurity irm to conduct a review, it said. It’s unclear when online sales might resume in the three states. Washington said it would allow sales by phone to A fly-fisherman casts his line as early morning mist rises above the Boise River, east of Boise, Idaho. Idaho, Oregon and Washington have shut down on- line sales of hunting and fishing licenses amid concerns a vendor’s computer system has been hacked and personal information is at risk. AP Photo/Troy Maben resume on Monday. In accor- dance with its announce- ment last week, Washington is Marijuana boom brings jobs, complaints to Josephine County By SHAUN HALL Grants Pass Daily Courier GRANTS PASS — Jose- phine County’s growing mari- juana industry is experiencing growing pains. The number of medical marijuana grow sites in the county has remained steady from a year ago, at about 2,500. But growers who sell to retailers have been sprout- ing up — 38 new state-issued licenses have been granted this summer to people who plan to grow for the recreational mar- ket. More applications are pending. Pivoting to take advan- tage of retailer preference for indoor-grown marijuana, these new operations are springing up in former pastures and ields across the county. “This industry didn’t exist a year ago,” observed Dani Jur- mann, standing outside a row of industrial-size greenhouses on Cedar Flat Road near Wil- liams, where he and his family employ nearly 30 people grow- ing marijuana for the recre- ational market. “The world has changed, and Oregon is at the forefront.” There’s good and bad hap- pening. The good includes jobs and investments. Jurmann pays employees $15 an hour to start, plus beneits. He employed contractors and suppliers to get the place up and running. He obtained land. He also bought big green- house fans and framing lumber, and built a gravel road. That’s where the bad comes in — some neighbors com- plain about noise from the fans, and the road had to be moved to avoid annoying a neighbor who complained about the new trafic. 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