NMFS BiOp Says Lethally Removing Beavers In Oregon Does Not Jeopardize ESA-Listed Salmon/Steelhead; ODFW Commission Mulls Beaver Work Group
June 25th, 2020
A biological opinion of a US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Service’s management program to lethally remove beavers in Oregon and the program’s impacts on fish species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act was completed June 8 by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Groups File Lawsuit Challenging EPA’s Withdrawal Of Washington State’s Water Quality Standards
June 12th, 2020
Regional tribes, environmental groups, water quality advocates and fishing organizations filed a lawsuit this week challenging what they say is the Trump administration’s “latest effort to dismantle laws that protect Washington State’s clean water and public health.”
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Supreme Court Rules Discharges Through Groundwater Regulated By Clean Water Act
May 1st, 2020
The Supreme Court ruled last week that point source discharges to navigable waters through groundwater are regulated under the federal Clean Water Act.
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EPA Agrees To Set Temperature Limits For Columbia/Snake Rivers To Protect Salmon/Steelhead
April 16th, 2020
After its request for a rehearing was rejected by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday (April 10) agreed to develop Columbia and Snake river temperature limits, known as Total Maximum Daily Load, by May 18.
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EPA Loses Again In Ninth Circuit, Must Move Forward On Setting Temperature Limits For Columbia/Snake River, Or Appeal To Supreme Court
April 2nd, 2020
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s challenge that asked the court to rethink and rehear its decision that calls on the agency to move ahead in setting temperature limits for the Columbia and Snake rivers to protect salmon and steelhead.
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Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Asking Judge To Order USFWS To Set Deadline On Wolverine Listing Decision
March 26th, 2020
Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week for what they say is a failure to protect wolverines as required by the Endangered Species Act.
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Conservation Groups File Lawsuit To Halt Corps’ Willamette Basin Water Allocation Study, Says Could Harm Chinook, Steelhead
March 12th, 2020
Conservation groups filed suit in federal court Thursday to stop a process by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate the water in its Willamette River basin reservoirs among irrigators, cities and fish, saying such an order is necessary to protect imperiled spring chinook salmon and winter steelhead.
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EPA Challenges Appeals Court Ruling On Setting Temperature Limits For Columbia/Snake Rivers, Wants Re-Hearing
March 5th, 2020
Both a U.S. District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have recently ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must set temperature limits for the Columbia and Snake rivers to protect salmon and steelhead, but the agency is returning to the Appeals Court to challenge the latest decision.
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Diverse Group Calls For Northwest Governors To ‘Foster New Dialogue’ On Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery
February 26th, 2020
A diverse group of river users, utilities and environmentalists is calling on Northwest governors to lead the way to find collaborative solutions to recover Columbia/Snake River Basin salmon and steelhead populations listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.