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Agenda vs. the Facts by Dick Sherwin Lewiston Tribune, Februay 4, 2025

Personal agenda clouds the recorded facts

In his Jan. 18 Lewiston Tribune letter, John Hull accuses Marvin Dugger of reaching a wrong conclusion and using "outdated data" concerning the harmful effects of dams on anadromous fish. In the process Mr. Hull makes some erroneous conclusions of his own.

First, Mr. Hull claims "Dugger forgot to mention" that only 2,947 of the 755,000 sockeye counted at Bonneville made it past Lower Granite Dam, and that fact shouldn't be used to claim dams "do not harm anadromous fish."

Dugger stated, quite unmistakably, the 755,000 sockeye crossed the nine dams on the Columbia on their way to spawn, not the four lower Snake River dams. Secondly, Dugger never claimed "dams do not harm anadromous fish." In actuality, 491,000 sockeye crossed Wells Dam, the last dam before Okanogan Lake, in 2024.

Some facts Mr. Hull may want to consider are these: In 2024, 268,356 anadromous fish, excluding shad and lamprey, crossed Ice Harbor Dam, the first of the four lower Snake River dams. In 2024, 256,772 anadromous fish, also excluding shad and lamprey, crossed Lower Granite Dams the last of the ... dams. That means 95.7% of those fish successfully made their way over the four lower Snake River dams in 2024. No one knows the demise of the remaining 4.3% ... .

In conclusion, Mr. Hull shouldn't let his personal agenda cloud the recorded facts concerning the effect of the lower Snake River dams on anadromous fish runs. He might also tell our readers what "outdated data" Dugger used.

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