Farmers, ranchers and loggers took turns in Pendleton Jan. 25 bashing
the 4(d) Rules proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
More than 80 people attended the public hearing, the ninth of 15 scheduled
in the Northwest, to hear about and comment on the proposed rules for 14
species of steelhead and salmon listed as threatened under the federal
Endangered Species Act.
The 4(d) rules are an ESA mechanism for protecting threatened as opposed
to endangered species. They also proposed
