Saving Idaho's Salmon
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Are dams the real problem?
The Problem With Dams
Solution
Why you should care
Dams have altered river ecosystems and prevent salmon from proper spawning
Major Contributions to death
Some dams
block any passage
at all for salmon migration
Juvenile salmon migrating back to the ocean are
killed in mass amounts
passing through hydroelectric turbines from pressure
Dams change water temperature and disturb fish instincts
These dams are causing irreversible effects on the salmon:
Salmon populations have dropped drastically
Alterations of traditional spawning grounds deeming them no longer suitable
Changing river currents making it difficult for
juvenile salmon
to migrate downstream.
Salmon that died due to
climate alterations
from a dam in Oregon