The recovery of salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest has cost billions of dollars that have been paid for by taxpayers and electric ratepayers. Salmon recovery programs are controversial because they have affected the lives of many people by affecting fisheries, farming, the price of electricity, cattle ranching, property rights, forestry and mining practices, and shipping. Most of the attention in salmon recovery has been about the 4Hs Hydropower, Habitat, Hatcheries, and Harvest. There are many opposing viewpoints about salmon recovery in the Columbia Basin and along the Oregon Coast. Studying them is important in understanding the complexity of salmon recovery issues and the political process. It is healthy to examine differing perspectives because the future of salmon recovery may depend upon opposing groups listening to each other and working together.

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