Litigation - Columbia Basin Bulletin

Judge Denies Feds’ Request To Put Salmon BiOp Case On Hold Due To Shutdown, Plaintiffs Seek Changes To Dam Operations To Aid Fish

October 19, 2025/in Litigation

Judge Sets Schedule For Continuing Litigation Over Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery; Motions, Briefs Oct. 8 To Jan. 22, 2026

September 26, 2025/in Litigation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Army Corps of Engineers

Lawsuit Filed In Effort To Stop Musk’s DOGE From Taking Further Actions Against Multiple Environmental Agencies

March 15, 2025/in Center for Biological Diversity, Federal Aviation Administration, Litigation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Articles, US Bureau of Land Management, US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, US Department of Agriculture, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Transportation, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, US National Park Service

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

February 7, 2025/in Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Litigation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest

Court Halts Million-Acre Oil Lease Sale In Alaska’s Cook Inlet Due To Possible Impacts To Beluga Whales, Orders Further Environmental Review

July 26, 2024/in Habitat, Litigation

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

May 3, 2024/in Hatcheries, Litigation

Other Industry, Power Groups Join Public Power Council In Challenging In Ninth Circuit BPA’s Signing Of Salmon Recovery MOU

March 7, 2024/in Litigation

Biden Administration, States, Tribes Formally Sign Billion-Dollar Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative To Recover Salmon, Steelhead

March 1, 2024/in Habitat, Hydropower, Litigation

Federal Judge Approves Years-Long Pause On Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation So Parties Can Pursue Tribal-States-Feds Restoration Plan

February 9, 2024/in Litigation

Public Power Council Seeks Ninth Circuit Review Of BPA’s Actions Regarding Salmon Recovery MOU

February 9, 2024/in Litigation

Hatcheries: Groups To Sue Over Lower Columbia Hatcheries’ Impacts On Wild Salmon; NOAA Seeks Comments On Expanding Hatcheries To Help Orcas

February 2, 2024/in Hatcheries, Litigation

Salmon Recovery MOU A Secret, Radical Deal? Republicans Say Yes, Administration Officials Say Brings Stability, Helps Fish, Contains Costs

February 2, 2024/in Hydropower, Litigation

Petition Filed To ESA-List Near Extinct Columbia River Gorge Wonder Caddisfly; Only Survives In 100-Yard Stretch Of Stream

February 2, 2024/in Litigation

New Filing Takes Issue With Requests For District Court To Reject Proposed 5-Year Delay Of Columbia River Basin Salmon Litigation

January 19, 2024/in Litigation

If Columbia River Basin Salmon MOU Approved By Court, What Will Be The Role Of Northwest Power/Conservation Council? Hard To Say

January 18, 2024/in Litigation, Northwest Power & Conservation Council

Group Petitions NOAA Fisheries To List Alaska Chinook Salmon Under ESA; State Says ‘Targeted Attack’ On Alaska

January 18, 2024/in Biological Opinions, Litigation

Idaho, Montana, Utilities, Ports File Opposition To Proposed Salmon Recovery MOU, Stay Mediated By Biden Administration

January 5, 2024/in Biological Opinions, Litigation

Biden Administration, Two States, Treaty Tribes Reach MOU On Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery, Litigation Paused For At Least Five Years

December 15, 2023/in Biological Opinions, Habitat, Hatcheries, Hydropower, Litigation

Leaked Court Mediation Document Listing ‘Actions And Commitments’ For Basin Salmon Recovery Draws Objections, Questions

November 30, 2023/in Hydropower, Litigation

DOJ Proposes $33.2 Million Settlement To Compensate For Damages From Pollutants, Oil Discharges Into Willamette River, Portland Harbor

November 16, 2023/in Habitat, Litigation

Republican U.S. House Members Request All CEQ Documents Related To Mediation, Settlement Discussions On Lower Snake Dams

November 16, 2023/in Litigation

Columbia/Snake Salmon Recovery Lawsuit On Hold Again As Parties Seek Buy-In On ‘Actions And Commitments’ Not Yet Made Public

November 3, 2023/in Habitat, Harvest, Hatcheries, Hydropower, Litigation

Group Sues NMFS Over Orcas Being Killed In Bering Sea Trawl Nets, Wants Immediate Mitigation To Reduce Bycatch

October 26, 2023/in Harvest, Litigation

In Largest Wildlife Damage Claim In Oregon History, ODFW Lawsuit Alleges Water Control District’s Work Killed More Than 500,000 Pacific Lamprey

October 12, 2023/in Hydropower, Litigation

Group Files Lawsuit Against USFWS Over Lack Of ESA Protection For American Bumblebees

October 12, 2023/in Litigation, Wildlife

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