1. COUNCIL ADOPTS $152 MILLION F&W PROJECT BUDGET Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST)

The Northwest Power Planning Council Thursday adopted a fiscal year 2002 fish and wildlife program "provisional start of year" budget that sets a wavy line at $152.7 million. Read More...

2. ESA LISTINGS LEFT 'VULNERABLE' TO LEGAL CHALLENGE Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST)

A recent U.S. District Court judgment that the federal government erred in its listing of Oregon coho could open a can of legal worms across the Columbia River basin and Pacific Coast, according to an assessment provided by the Northwest Power Planning Council's legal staff. Read More...

3. IRRIGATORS FILE PETITION TO DELIST SEVEN BASIN STOCKS Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST)

An administrative petition calling for the delisting of seven Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead stocks is, perhaps, the first legal broadside delivered in response to a recent federal court decision declaring illegal the Oregon coast coho's listing under the Endangered Species Act. Read More...

4.GROUPS URGE NMFS TO APPEAL HOGAN'S COHO RULING Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST)

Two conservation organizations joined the effort to put pressure on Department of Commerce Secretary Don Evans to order an appeal of a recent U.S. District Court decision requiring the National Marine Fisheries Service to reconsider its decision to list Oregon coastal coho salmon under the Endangered Species Act. Read More...