Judge orders changes to Columbia and Snake river dam operations to help ‘disappearing’ salmon

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP), 2/28/26 — A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the Trump administration’s plans for the massive structures would harm salmon runs that are “disappearing from the landscape.”