The newest federal salmon recovery plan has been abandoned.  Salmon advocates say the future is no brighter for the Pacific Northwest wild salmon and the people that rely on them.  Salmon advocates, fishermen, businesses, and communities are calling on Congress to step in and help.  Helen Honey reports with the Oregon News Service.

Another edition of the locally produced environmental series, Our Backyard, with KBOO's Edison Carder 

Eleven massive peace rallies were held this past Saturday in major cities across the country to call for an end to the war in Iraq.

This region’s rally was in Seattle, and hundreds, if not thousands of Portlanders were in attendance.

Patti from Sandy was one of those who attended the march.  She called Talk Radio on KBOO this morning and gave this report:

Circumcision is on the decline globally and fewer and fewer parents are electing to have the procedure performed on their newborns in America.

The National Office of Circumcision Information Reasearch Center, or NO-CIRC for short, has set up a booth at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention in San Francisco this week.