U.S. and Iraqi forces have been launching a series of operations against insurgents in western Anbar towns near the Syrian border and the Euphrates Rivercorridor since earlier this year.
For two decades, beginning in 1985, the city worked to clean up a blighted 13-mile industrial corridor along the Tennessee River, a stretch so filthy that motorists used to have to use their headlights during the day.
Since there is little scientific data on the survival within estuary and ocean habitat, conservationists say recovery efforts should target the migration corridor, which has been greatly impacted by the four lower Snake River dams.