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Puyallup Tribe seeks court order to stop Electron Hydro from opening fish-killing dam’s water intake

Puyallup Tribe seeks court order to stop Electron Hydro from opening fish-killing dam’s water intake

May 21, 2021 Puyallup Tribe seeks court order to stop Electron Hydro from opening fish-killing dam’s water intake ‘Everything they did last summer makes it worse,’ Tribal Council says TACOMA—The Puyallup Tribe on Thursday asked a federal court judge in its case against Electron Hydro LLC to issue an order blocking the company from opening a water intake as it stumbles through attempts to get the dam operational. The Puyallup River is home to Chinook salmon, which are important to Tribal and non-Tribal fishers alike and a critical food source of endangered Southern Resident orcas.  The river is also home…
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