{"id":111102,"date":"2017-08-10T03:38:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T07:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111102"},"modified":"2017-08-10T03:38:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T07:38:55","slug":"trump-administration-urged-to-avoid-salmon-protection-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/10\/trump-administration-urged-to-avoid-salmon-protection-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration urged to avoid salmon protection rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99812\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5440392565_4634fb9d24_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99812\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5440392565_4634fb9d24_z.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Trump has taken bold action to restore prosperity, keep Americans safe and secure, and hold government accountable,&quot; the site said. (Photo: Gage Skidmore\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5440392565_4634fb9d24_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5440392565_4634fb9d24_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Donald Trump\u00a0(Photo: Gage Skidmore\/ Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BOISE, Idaho &#8212; A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the \u201cGod Squad\u201d with the power to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act.<\/p>\n<p>The group says the panel could end years of legal challenges over federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers and bring stability for businesses that rely on the water.<\/p>\n<p>The group made a similar request during the Obama administration but got nowhere. It sees hope in a series of pro-industry environmental decisions by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups call the request a publicity stunt and say it could hurt fishing companies and others that rely on healthy runs of federally protected salmon and steelhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOISE, Idaho &#8212; A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[10259,1058],"class_list":["post-111102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-salmon","tag-trump","mauthors-keith-ridler","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}