River and stream water can kill salmon when it hits the mid-70s, according to a joint Washington State University and University of Portland report.
Gov. Jay Inslee and Democratic and Republican lawmakers wanted to tackle warming streams this past legislative session as a way to combat some of the effects of global warming. Inslee’s office and the Ecology and Fish and Wildlife departments met with farming groups, business interests, environmental organizations and several tribes to come up with a system to address the problem.
The main solution identified is simply planting lots of trees along shorelines to provide cooling shade. Also, some straight streams might be made more winding with
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