USFWS Releases Strategy To Avoid Extinction Of Northwest Spotted Owls: Lethally Remove Small Numbers Of Invasive Barred Owls

Bass Predation Primary Reason For Struggling Wild Chinook In Oregon River, ODFW Allowing Spearfishing To Remove The Invasive Fish

Southern Resident Killer Whales In Poor Condition, ‘Vulnerable’; WDFW Asks All Boaters To Give Struggling, ESA-Listed Orcas Space

Administration Report Describes Harm Of Dams To Columbia Basin Tribes, White House Sets Up Task Force To Coordinate Basin Salmon Recovery

WA Fish/Wildlife Commission Gets The Skinny On Columbia River Shad; ‘We Don’t Even Know If Shad Obstacle To Salmon Recovery Or Not’

Canada Says Will Ban British Columbia Open Net-Pen Salmon Aquaculture By 2029, Developing Transition Plan For ‘Closed Containment’

Pacific Coast Gray Whales 13 Percent Shorter Than 20 Years Ago; Raises Concerns About Warming Waters, Lack Of Prey, State Of Marine Food Web

Infrastructure Law Funding Restores Habitat On Section Of Oregon’s McKenzie River, Redds Showing Up

For First Time Invasive, Predatory Pike Show Up In Montana Clark Fork River Tributary, Posing Threat To ESA-Listed Bull Trout

Conservation Groups Submit Comments Blasting BLM’s Draft Amendment To Protect Sage Grouse On 69 Million Acres, 10 Western States

Climate Change Creating New ‘Open Gate’ Corridors For Pacific Salmon; Higher Abundance Seen In Canadian Arctic

States Give Anglers Upstream Of Bonneville Dam Another Shot At Spring Chinook, Set Summer/Fall Chinook Seasons

New Genetic Study Shows Heavy Fishing During Early Part Of Season Can Result In Younger, Smaller Salmon

Marbled Murrelet Study Shows How Artificial Intelligence Can Enhance Monitoring Secretive Species

States Reopen Spring Chinook Fishing Below Bonneville Dam, Still Closed Above; Allow 12 Hours Commercial Gillnetting On Mainstem

Elwha River Tribal Ceremonial Fishery To Open This Fall, Other Fishing Closed Until More Spawners Above Former Dam Sites

Lawsuit Says Lower Columbia River Hatcheries Violating ESA By Releasing Too Many Fish, Threatening Listed Wild Salmon, Steelhead

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