美國，04-20-2000 - 柯林頓政府持續發出訊息，將遲至總統大選之後，才對華盛頓州下蛇河(lower Snake River)四座水壩的拆毀與否做出決定。華盛頓州共和黨參議員史萊高頓(Slade Gorton)本週重申他反對任何拆毀水壩的承諾，他指出沒有足夠的科學證據能夠證明此種做法能夠幫助減少中的鮭魚迴游族群恢復。在此同時，克拉伯山嶺(Sierra Club)正發起一個運動，控告高頓是幫助污染者並曾經投票反對淨水方案與鮭魚保護。此團體將製作廣播與電視廣告，來批判高頓的不良環境記錄。克拉伯山領的志工們也計畫在本週末2000地球日時，散發數千份反高頓的傳單。

資料來源 : 西雅圖郵報，記者Robert McClure報導，04.20.00
http://www.seattle-pi.com/local/salm201.shtml

資料來源 : 波特蘭､奧勒岡，聯合新聞，記者William McCall報導，04.19.00
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/00/04/nw_41fish19.frame

資料來源 : 西雅圖郵報，記者Joel Connelly報導，04.20.00
http://www.seattle-pi.com/national/gort20.shtml

Grist Magazine獨家刊載 : 跑!鮭魚，快跑! - 蘇西貝克卡通畫
http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/ha/ha070599.stm

版權歸屬 Earth Day Network，環境信託協會 (謝洵怡　譯，梁明煌審校)

The Clinton administration continues to give signs that it will postpone until after the presidential election a recommendation on whether to breach four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state. Washington Sen. Slade Gorton (R) this week renewed his promise to block any proposal to breach the dams, saying there's not enough scientific evidence that doing so would help restore declining salmon runs. Meanwhile, the Sierra Club is launching a campaign that accuses Gorton of helping polluters and voting against clean water and salmon protection. The group will run radio and TV ads criticizing Gorton's environmental record. Sierra Club volunteers also plan to distribute thousands of anti-Gorton leaflets at Earth Day 2000 events this weekend. 

straight to the source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Robert McClure, 04.20.00
http://www.seattle-pi.com/local/salm201.shtml

straight to the source: Portland Oregonian, Associated Press, William McCall, 04.19.00
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/00/04/nw_41fish19.frame

straight to the source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Joel Connelly, 04.20.00
http://www.seattle-pi.com/national/gort20.shtml

catch it only in Grist Magazine: Run, salmon, run! -- a cartoon by Suzy Becker
http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/ha/ha070599.stm