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The Bush administration has proposed a policy to count hatchery-raised salmon as equivalent to wild salmon when deciding which species should be protected as endangered. The policy could set the stage for the elimination of protections for wild salmon currently considered endangered under the Endangered Species Act. There are 27 protected salmon and steelhead runs on the West Coast that could eventually be affected by this ill-conceived “concrete for habitat” proposal. These efforts would undermine decades of efforts to protect wild salmon and steelhead and wild rivers that support them.

Let the Bush administration know that protecting wild, native salmon and the rivers on which they rely is important. Please take action today to urge the administration to abandon this policy and continue protecting wild salmon and steelhead. The comment period deadline is November 12.