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Archive Home > 2011 > January > 17 > Latest efforts to restore Willamette focus on fish

Latest efforts to restore Willamette focus on fish

Project aims to increase numbers of salmon and other species, but dense population along river brings challenges

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
January 17, 2011

ALBANY — The latest effort to restore the Willamette River is a plan to reverse long-term declines in native fish populations.

The Willamette Special Investment Partnership is leading the charge, after awarding about $4 million in grants to half a dozen projects up and down the river’s main....

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