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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

Endangered Species Celebration - Something "Fishy" for Idaho

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The peregrine falcon, American bald eagle, grizzly bear and gray wolf are all the "poster children" for successful recovery as the Endangered Species Act is celebrated this month. But there is a less successful story getting attention, too -- endangered salmon. Bill Sedivy with Idaho Rivers United says the law could work for salmon if the federal government followed the law. He says courts have ruled a half-dozen times that the government is breaking the law.

“In the case of salmon, the law is not to blame. The Endangered Species Act requires restoration of listed salmon to self-sustaining levels.”

Salmon restoration has been opposed by governments, including the State of Idaho, because scientists say the four dams on the Lower Snake River have to be removed. That's a political sticking point for agricultural irrigation and hydro power generation.

The National Wildlife Federation did case studies to find out why some endangered species recover, and others don't. Spokeswoman Corry Westbrook notes that in every case, money and resources determine success, except for salmon.

“Salmon is more of an example of throwing a lot of money at a really bad plan. It is a political problem.”



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