Saving the Sockeye
Jyl Hoyt of member station KBSU in Boise, Idaho, reports on the likely economic impact of the recent listing of the sockeye salmon as an endangered species. Only four of the fish made it upstream last year. Saving the salmon will mean higher prices for electricity and farm products.
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