Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Calling For NOAA Fisheries To Speed Up ESA Listing Of Olympic Peninsula Summer, Winter Steelhead

February 7th, 2025

Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Litigation, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest

Western Washington’s Olympic Peninsula summer and winter steelhead were found by NOAA Fisheries in November 2024 to be at moderate risk of extinction, but the federal agency has yet to list the fish as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, according to a new complaint filed Jan. 17 in federal court by The Conservation Angler and the Wild Fish Conservancy.

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Conservation Groups Settle Lawsuit With WDFW Over Lower Columbia River Hatcheries, Litigation Continues With NOAA, ODFW

September 28th, 2024

Endangered Species Act, Hatchery, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest

A lawsuit contending that lower Columbia River hatcheries downstream of Bonneville Dam are a threat to wild salmon and steelhead listed under the federal Endangered Species Act was settled in part last week.

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