The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration last week over what it says is the National Marine Fisheries Service’s “failure to protect imperiled sunflower sea stars as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.” The Service proposed to protect the sea stars in 2023, in response to a petition by the Center. The agency...

Runs of Columbia River fall Chinook and coho salmon are forecasted to be lower this year than last year’s runs, according to a Columbia basin stock status report released last week by the two-state Columbia River Compact staff from Oregon, Washington and tribes. On the positive side, the run of summer steelhead is forecasted to...