Sen. Craig's Fall May Benefit Salmon

[Ghost in the Machine]

Sen. Craig's Fall May Benefit Salmon
Published: 9/29/07, 4:05 AM EDT
By MATTHEW DALY
WASHINGTON (AP) - The surprising fall of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, removes a longtime obstacle to efforts by Democrats and environmentalists to promote salmon recovery on Northwest rivers.

Craig, who was removed from leadership posts on the Senate Appropriations and Energy committees after a sex scandal, is known as one the most powerful voices in Congress on behalf of the timber and power industries. Environmentalists have fought him for years on issues from endangered salmon to public land grazing.

Now Senate Democrats, exercising their slim majority, have waded into two contentious issues - both related to Snake River salmon.

First, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada asked federal regulators to require passage for salmon and steelhead for relicensing of the Hells Canyon Complex, a series of dams on the Snake River between Oregon and Idaho.

Reid says the passage would allow salmon to return to their historical spawning grounds in northern Nevada, where the shimmering fish used to run thick nearly a century ago.

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[Ghost in the Machine]

1. kick

[Cha]

2. YAY, Salmon!! Boo

fucking bigoted, hypocritical corpwhores.

[KG]

3. so, Sen Craig isn't into fish, eh?

[Ghost in the Machine]

4. umm, humans & fish *can* coexist peacefully, dontcha know... n/t

[Kelly Rupert]

6. Salmon travel hundreds of miles to have sex in public places.

You'd think he'd love 'em.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Senator Craig's fall may benefit humanity.

[BringEmOn]

7. A sucker has to be eliminated before salmon can flourish