Ninth Circuit Rules For NOAA, Southeast Alaska Trollers Over Incidental Take; Fishing For Chinook Salmon Can Begin July 1
June 29th, 2023
Southeast Alaska commercial trollers will begin fishing for Chinook salmon July 1 after a ruling by a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that reversed an early May decision in a Washington federal district court. That previous decision shut down the summer and winter fishery.
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NW House Republicans Hold Field Hearing On Lower Snake Dams Titled ‘The Northwest At Risk’
June 29th, 2023
Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries, held a field hearing Monday in Richland, Washington titled “The Northwest at risk: the environmentalist’s effort to destroy navigation, transportation, and access to reliable power.”
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Group To Sue Oregon, California Transportation Agencies For Failing To Consider Fatal Impacts To Salmon From Tire Chemical
June 16th, 2023
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of its intent to sue the Oregon and California state transportation agencies for failing to consider fatal impacts to salmon from toxic tire pollution.
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Judge Rejects Challenges On Ruling Halting Southeast Alaska Salmon Troll Fishing; Parties’ Appeals Now Move To Ninth Circuit
June 8th, 2023
All parties, both plaintiffs and defendants, along with the State of Alaska, have unsuccessfully challenged the results of a recent lower federal court decision that vacated a part of NOAA Fisheries’ 2019 biological opinion governing Southeast Alaska’s summer and winter commercial troll fishing for Chinook salmon. The litigation now moves to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Once Again, Federal ‘Listening Session’ On Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Focuses On Breaching Lower Snake Dams
June 1st, 2023
Representatives of Columbia and Snake river ports and grain shippers, as well as Oregon, Idaho and Washington public utilities, lined up to oppose breaching the four lower Snake River dams last week in the fourth and, perhaps, the last listening session sponsored by the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
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Citing Washington DOE’s Failure To Protect Fish, EPA Takes Over Setting Water Quality Standards For Toxic Pollutants
June 1st, 2023
A federal government agency will set water quality standards for nine toxic pollutants in Washington, effectively taking over the job generally relegated to the state’s Department of Ecology, even though Ecology is in the rulemaking process to set the standards.
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Court Order Has Corps Drawing Down Two Willamette Reservoirs To Historically Low Levels To Increase Juvenile Salmon Passage
May 18th, 2023
Beginning in June, the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin to gradually drawdown Lookout Point and Green Peter reservoirs to historically low levels.
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Federal Judge’s Rejection Of NOAA BiOp May Shut Down SE Alaska Commercial Troll Fishery For Chinook Salmon; Alaska Seeks Stay, Appeal
May 5th, 2023
A federal court this week rejected a NOAA Fisheries’ biological opinion allowing the Southeast Alaska commercial troll fishery to harvest Chinook salmon, effectively shutting down that summer and winter fishery. The ruling will be challenged by the State of Alaska, including a request for a stay so the fishery can go ahead this summer.
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Yakama Nation Announces Intent To Sue Feds Over Lack Of Cleanup Action At Bradford Island (Bonneville Dam) Superfund Site
May 5th, 2023
Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Bradford Island and surrounding waters of the Columbia River were officially added to the nation’s Superfund List. Bradford Island is part of the Bonneville Dam complex operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This week the Yakima Nation announced an intent to sue over lack of cleanup action.