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Flipper Them Off
State officials given OK to kill sea lions to protect salmon |
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18 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:22 PM on 18 Mar 2008 Oregon and Washington state officials will have the authority to trap and, if necessary, kill up to 85 of the sea lions that gobble up threatened salmon at the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced Tuesday. Sea lions, which enjoy a robust population but are nonetheless protected under the 1972 Marine Mammals Protection Act, have been visiting ... |
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| Topics: dams, endangered species, fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Dam Nation
Fisheries Service releases yet another Northwest salmon recovery plan |
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01 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:12 PM on 01 Nov 2007 The third draft of a federal plan for protecting endangered salmon and steelhead in the Northwest's Columbia and Snake Rivers does not propose breaching the four hydroelectric dams that block the waterways, frustrating activists who have long lobbied for the dams' removal. The National Marine Fisheries Service says the plan for helping the salmon is significantly improved over the p ... |
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| Topics: dams, endangered species, fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news (all these topics) |
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Klamath Is Hard!
Judge orders Bush admin to shift water to Klamath River salmon |
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28 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Klamath Is Hard! Judge orders Bush admin to shift water to Klamath River salmon Endangered Klamath River coho salmon -- what's left of them anyway -- scored a victory yesterday, as a federal judge ordered the Bureau of Reclamation to increase river flows in drought years and the National Marine Fisheries Service to develop a biological study that would lead ... |
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| Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, rivers and watersheds, US Bureau of Reclamation (all these topics) |
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Here Today, Oregon Tomorrow
Feds say local recovery plan is enough to save Oregon's coastal coho |
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18 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Here Today, Oregon Tomorrow Feds say local recovery plan is enough to save Oregon's coastal coho Oregon coastal coho salmon will not be returned to the federal threatened species list. The National Marine Fisheries Service says there's no need for federal protections, crediting improving fish numbers to the recovery plan developed by a coalition of local, state, and federal players, including the t ... |
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| Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon (all these topics) |
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The Sound and the ... Eh
Fisheries Service offers mild plan to preserve Puget Sound orcas |
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05 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Sound and the ... Eh Fisheries Service offers mild plan to preserve Puget Sound orcas The much-beloved and much-beleaguered orcas of Puget Sound in Washington state are the focus of a tepid new National Marine Fisheries Service conservation plan. It emphasizes cleaning up the sound, preventing oil spills, and trying to boost the salmon population -- pretty much what the government ... |
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| Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, oceans, Washington (all these topics) |
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That's Some Commitment
Bush administration cuts protections for Pacific salmon habitat |
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15 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| That's Some Commitment Bush administration cuts protections for Pacific salmon habitat In a move it says reaffirms its "commitment to salmon recovery," the Bush administration on Friday slashed critical habitat for Pacific salmon facing extinction. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that federal protection for salmon habitat in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington would be cut fr ... |
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| Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news (all these topics) |
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