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Alaska Chooses Largest Gold Mine Over Clean Water

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. August 29, 2008.
Alaska is one step closer to approving Pebble Mine, which threatens the world's largest salmon fishery and native communities.

Dead Zone Diet: Why Fertilizers Are Taking Fish off the Menu

Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post. August 18, 2008.
Fertilizer runoff from industrial agriculture and fossil-fuel use are causing catastrophic "dead zones" in our oceans.

Farmed Salmon Being Subjected to Excercise Regimes to Stay Fit

Erin Greenfield, Food & Water Watch AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2008.
Really, doesn't it seem easier to protect wild salmon than to put mini heart monitors on farmed fish?

Fishermen Hit Hard by Closure of West Coast Salmon Fishing

Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor. April 22, 2008.
Drastic federal action to try to save chinook salmon is latest move in an ongoing battle.

What It Will Take to Save Wild Salmon

Joseph Friedrichs, Plenty Magazine. March 4, 2008.
Here's a hint: It has a lot to do with dams.

Historic Agreement Reached in Klamath Dam Controversy

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 16, 2008.
Things have moved one step closer to the largest river restoration process getting the green light.

Is This the Beginning of the End for Damming America's Big Rivers?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. July 2, 2007.
A fight in the Pacific Northwest over what would be the largest dam removal project has drawn an incredible cast of characters.