Oregon Beavers Win Reprieve

Oregon Beavers Win Reprieve

In response to a lawsuit threatened by NWEA, Oregon beavers win reprieve from execution by the federal agency known as Wildlife Services. The agency announced a temporary end to the killing in a letter sent to NWEA and the Center for Biological Diversity in December...
Oregon Beavers Win Reprieve

Groups Act to Protect Beavers to Save Salmon and Frogs

Federal fish and wildlife experts agree on the importance of protecting beavers in order to save threatened and endangered species including salmon, steelhead, and the Oregon spotted frog. Yet the federal Wildlife Services, a department of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, kills over 400 beavers each year in Oregon. Given this one federal agency’s perverse insistence in undermining the goals of federal laws and the work of other agencies, NWEA has joined with the Center for Biological Diversity and Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) in a lawsuit to be filed against Wildlife Services.

Oregon Told: Fix River Temperature Pollution

Oregon Told: Fix River Temperature Pollution

A federal magistrate judge is recommending that NWEA win its lawsuit challenging clean-up plans developed by Oregon to address the state’s widespread river temperature pollution.  Oregon District Court Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta issued his decision in a case...