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Conservationists and Oregon seek federal court approval for dam operation changes on Snake and Columbia rivers to help restore salmon populations.

Key requests covering eight dams include lowering reservoir levels and increasing spill to help juvenile fish pass over dams.

Litigation resumed after Trump withdrew from a historic $1-billion salmon recovery agreement with Washington, Oregon and four tribes.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers to help restore salmon populations, the latest move in recently revived litigation over federally operated dams’ impact

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