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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Tribe has received $200,000 to study whether salmon could survive above Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams.

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council approved the funding last week.

The Spokesman-Review says the study is part of an investigation into whether Salmon and Steelhead could be successfully reintroduced above the dams, which were built without fish ladders decades ago.

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