KATE BROWN IN FAVOR OF REMOVING HYDROELECTRIC DAMS ON SNAKE RIVER
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Brown has signaled her support for removing four hydro-electric dams on the snake river in washington state.
She sent a letter to washington's democratic govenor jay inslee this week, saying she believes it is the best way to increase endangered salmon runs.
The letter reportedly outraged washington's three republican u.s. house members, who want to keep the dams. they generate electricity, provide some irrigation and flood control and allow barges to operate all the way to lewiston, idaho.
But they are also blamed for killing salmon and steelhead that are migrating to the ocean or back to their spawning grounds.
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