Mike Simpson said "We don't have a Columbia River anymore. We have a series of pools the fish now have to swim to." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 4, 2020

We don't have a Columbia River anymore. We have a series of pools the fish now have to swim to.

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Simpson discusses the impact of environmental changes on salmon migration.

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