By: Skye Root
February 7, 2021
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By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times environment reporter For nearly three decades, the region has been stuck in unending litigation and spiraling costs as salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers decline toward extinction. But in a sweeping $34 billion proposal from an unlikely source, at an auspicious moment, comes a chance for a fresh… GOP congressman pitches $34 billion plan to breach Lower Snake River dams in new vision for Northwest