Lawsuit Requests Agencies Get ESA ‘Take’ Permits For Releasing Hatchery Chinook Into McKenzie River
The Western Environmental Law Center on Dec. 2 filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oregon requesting that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife secure required permits to ensure that fish produced at west-central Oregon’s McKenzie Hatchery do not impede recovery of wild Willamette River spring chinook salmon that are listed under the federal Endangered Species.