The National Marine Fisheries Service next week begins gathering public
comments on three proposed “4(d)” rules intended to help efforts to conserve
14 “evolutionary significant units” (ESUs) of West Coast salmon and steelhead
populations listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Fifteen public hearings are scheduled in Washington, Oregon and Idaho
during January and February on three proposed rules directed at state and
local government and tribal land-use and other activities that
