PORTLAND, Oregon, June 27, 2003 (ENS) - The federal plan to restore Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead will remain in effect for another 11 months while the Bush administration rewrites it, a federal judge decided Thursday. Conservationists had hoped the government would be ordered to vacate the plan, which they believe is not working and needs to be completely overhauled.
ENS Columbia & Snake RiverBy J.R. Pegg
WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 2003 (ENS) - There is no shortage
of local, tribal, state and federal interests trying to restore wild salmon and
steelhead to the Columbia and Snake Rivers. But despite the intense drive of so
many to save these endangered fish, there is concern that this mass of efforts
is not laying the foundation for long term restoration:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada,
April 22, 2003 (ENS) – On behalf of four First Nations from the Broughton Archipelago on British Columbia's central coast, Sierra Legal Defence Fund filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court today demanding immediate protection for the area's imperilled wild fish populations. more...By J.R. Pegg
WASHINGTON, DC, February 26, 2003 (ENS) - The federal
government is failing to implement its own plan to protect and restore
endangered Columbia and Snake river wild salmon and steelhead, say a coalition
of conservationists, Native American tribes and members of the commercial and
recreational fishing industries.