4. CONGRESS APPROVES FUNDING FOR COLUMBIA ESTUARY

A $40 million federal program to improve salmon habitat the Columbia
River estuary and Tillamook Bay has won final congressional approval.

Legislation to authorize $7 billion in Army Corps of Engineers water
projects passed the House today (Friday), 312-2. The Senate gave its
approval on Tuesday by unanimous consent, and President Clinton is
expected to sign the bill …

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