{"id":6860,"date":"2010-02-24T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-blumenauer-push-for-federal-dollars-to-clean-the-columbia-river\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:26","slug":"merkley-blumenauer-push-for-federal-dollars-to-clean-the-columbia-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-blumenauer-push-for-federal-dollars-to-clean-the-columbia-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Blumenauer presionan por d\u00f3lares federales para limpiar el r\u00edo Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON-<\/strong> Junto con la bah\u00eda de Chesapeake, Puget Sound y los Grandes Lagos, la extensa cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia es una de las cuencas hidrogr\u00e1ficas m\u00e1s grandes y ecol\u00f3gicamente importantes de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, a diferencia de esos otros sistemas, la cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia, que se extiende desde la frontera canadiense hasta el Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico, no recibe fondos federales dedicados a limpiar la contaminaci\u00f3n que se encuentra a lo largo de toda su longitud. Tampoco se reserva dinero federal para reparar el h\u00e1bito de da\u00f1os o monitorear las condiciones.<\/p>\n<p>Esa disparidad fue parte del enfoque de un comit\u00e9 del Senado el mi\u00e9rcoles, as\u00ed como de la legislaci\u00f3n redactada por el senador dem\u00f3crata de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y el representante Earl Blumenauer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHa habido inversiones para restaurar el h\u00e1bitat y reducir los t\u00f3xicos en la cuenca de Columbia, pero son menos de unos pocos millones de d\u00f3lares al a\u00f1o y se centran en la restauraci\u00f3n del h\u00e1bitat o en estudios aislados por \u00fanica vez\u201d, Debrah Marriott, directora ejecutiva del estuario del r\u00edo Columbia inferior. Asociaci\u00f3n dijo al Comit\u00e9 de Medio Ambiente y Obras P\u00fablicas del Senado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa magnitud de los problemas supera lo que este nivel de inversi\u00f3n puede lograr. Oreg\u00f3n y Washington invierten mucho en la cuenca del r\u00edo Willamette y Puget Sound. El Columbia no comparte ese nivel de apoyo financiero\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n<p>El gobierno federal ha proporcionado algo de dinero en lo que Blumenauer llama \u201cpoco a poco\u201d. El gobierno ayuda con la restauraci\u00f3n del salm\u00f3n y con la limpieza de sitios espec\u00edficos.<\/p>\n<p>Sin una financiaci\u00f3n dedicada y ampliada del gobierno federal para un enfoque integral, ser\u00e1 dif\u00edcil proteger el enorme sistema fluvial de toxinas como el DDT, el mercurio y una variedad de pesticidas. Ser\u00e1 dif\u00edcil producir trucha arco\u00edris y otras especies en peligro de extinci\u00f3n, dijo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA pesar de conocer el alcance de los problemas\u201d, le dijo al comit\u00e9, \u201cno hay un monitoreo sostenido en la corriente principal de Columbia ni un esfuerzo concentrado de reducci\u00f3n de t\u00f3xicos. \u2026 Ahora solo hay un sitio en la parte baja del r\u00edo que est\u00e1 monitoreando constantemente. Los cient\u00edficos y los l\u00edderes de la comunidad determinaron que se necesita un m\u00ednimo de 29 sitios para dar una evaluaci\u00f3n precisa\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La legislaci\u00f3n presentada por separado por Merkley y Blumenauer el martes tiene como objetivo abordar esos problemas y poner al r\u00edo Columbia en un estado de financiaci\u00f3n similar al de Puget Sound y Chesapeake Bay. Cada uno de esos sistemas ha recibido fondos federales anuales durante a\u00f1os para respaldar un esfuerzo integral y coordinado para limpiar sitios contaminados, reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n y revertir su declive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia es un sistema que define el noroeste del Pac\u00edfico\u201d, dijo Merkley, quien es miembro del comit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLamentablemente, esta gran cuenca fluvial enfrenta serios desaf\u00edos. Nuestros r\u00edos est\u00e1n gravemente contaminados. La EPA encontr\u00f3 92 contaminantes t\u00f3xicos en el tejido de los peces extra\u00eddos de la cuenca.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>La buena noticia es que las partes interesadas de toda la regi\u00f3n est\u00e1n trabajando para limpiar y restaurar la cuenca. \u2026 Pero se necesita hacer m\u00e1s. La cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia es la \u00fanica de estas grandes masas de agua que no recibe asignaciones federales designadas para apoyar la restauraci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"Javascript:openWin('http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2010\/02\/merkley_blumenauer_push_for_fe.html');\">Leer m\u00e1s -&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Along with Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and the Great Lakes, the sprawling Columbia River Basin is one of the largest and most ecologically important watersheds in the United States. 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