Sponsors of a study that predicts Snake River wild spring and summer
chinook extinction by 2017 say the new information serves as a call for
policy makers to immediately pursue an aggressive restoration plan.
“This is only going in one direction,” Dr. Phil Mundy said of spawning
ground population “trend lines” that have, particularly since 1981, been
plummeting downward.
Mundy prepared the report, “Status and Expected Time to Extinction for
Snake River Spring and Summer Chinook …
