U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have introduced legislation that they say would help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration better assess and protect fisheries.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking data and public comments on a petition to list the southern resident killer whale under the California Endangered Species Act. The southern resident killer whale is a distinct population segment of killer whale found along the Pacific Coast between southeast Alaska and Point Sur, Calif. Southern...

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. D-WA, has introduced H.R. 9637, the Protecting Columbia River Salmon Act, a bill which would allow Southwest Washington’s Indian Tribes to lethally remove California and Steller sea lions in specific portions of the Columbia River. The bill is part of an effort by Gluesenkamp Perez to modify the Marine Mammal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft recovery plan and recovery implementation strategy to guide conservation efforts for the coastal distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific marten, a federally threatened mammal.

The Washington Department of Ecology is seeking public input on plans to clean up contamination from the former Columbia Gorge Aluminum smelter near the John Day Dam.

For the litigation over river operations for Columbia/Snake River salmon and steelhead, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set a briefing schedule for the federal government’s appeal of rulings by a lower court in Portland. But the Court has yet to say whether it will stay the lower court’s rulings as the legal wrangling...