Since March 2011 it’s been clear the Steamboat Slough Road Dike – the only thing holding the Columbia River back from decimating a significant population of endangered Columbian white-tailed deer – was falling apart. We don’t know yet whether the hole in the dike was...
In their 2010 settlement with NWEA over Oregon logging practices on the coast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agreed to make an initial assessment of Oregon’s efforts to comply with the terms of the...
Federal Agencies Fail to review Idaho Clean Water Standards Update May 15, 2013: By letter dated May 13, 2013 NWEA added additional claims to its lawsuit against EPA over its failure to consult under the Endangered Species Act on Idaho water quality standards....
Following the February 2012 federal court ruling in our Temperature Standards lawsuit that Oregon could not automatically change its water quality standards without federal agency approval, NWEA filed a challenge to the results of Oregon’s use of that provision. All...
The most persistent source of water pollution in this country comes from nonpoint sources – the logging, farming, and grazing that doesn’t require a Clean Water Act permit to pollute. While Congress left nonpoint source pollution controls to the states, it passed the...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments on whether industrial logging roads should have Clean Water Act permits like other pollution discharge sources. After all, we require a wide range of activities that eventually funnel pollution through a pipe or ditch...
In August, Northwest Environmental Advocates filed a petition with the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (a board that makes rules for the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)). DEQ is taking public comment on whether to grant the petition – until September...
Citing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to protect threatened and endangered species from pesticides, Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) petitioned Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission today to adopt new rules restricting the use of...
In March, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) denied a permit to the Fairview Lake Property Owners Association (FLPOA) to discharge herbicides to Fairview Lake based on concerns raised by NWEA. In May, DEQ turned around and granted the permit to...
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