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The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman and agency

Trump pulls US from plan to recover salmon population, calling it ‘radical’

a river between two sides of land
A scenic view of the Snake River dividing Oregon farmland and Idaho on 12 August 2023. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Donald Trump has pulled the US federal government from a historic agreement to recover the salmon population in the Pacific north-west, calling the plan “radical environmentalism”.

A presidential memorandum issued by Trump on Thursday removes the US from a deal brokered by Joe Biden with Washington, Oregon and four Native American tribes to work to restore salmon populations and develop clean energy for tribes.

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