November 3, 2017 | Advocacy, Endangered Species, Frogs, Oregon, Salmon
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.
October 14, 2016 | Klamath, Agriculture, Columbia River, Endangered Species, Lawsuits, Logging, Mercury, OR Temperature, OR WQS, OR_TMDLs, Oregon, Salmon, Temperature, TMDLs, Willamette
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...
October 1, 2016 | Washington, Advocacy, Clean Water Act, CZARA, Endangered Species, Lawsuits, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, Orca Whales, Puget Sound, Salmon, WA CZARA
Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) is threatening two federal agencies with a lawsuit in 60 days over Washington State’s failure to control polluted runoff in coastal watersheds, including Puget Sound. On asserted that the agencies were failing to protect...
June 21, 2016 | Advocacy, Ammonia, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, EPA, Lawsuits, OR Copper, OR WQS, Oregon, Salmon, Toxics
U.S. EPA AGREES TO PROMULGATE TOXIC STANDARDS FOR OREGON WATERS Under the terms of a federal court order signed Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to develop federal rules for three toxic chemicals in Oregon’s waters. The three metals were...
January 4, 2016 | Clean Water Act, Columbia River, Endangered Species, EPA, Lawsuits, OR Temperature, OR WQS, Oregon, Oregon Columbia, Salmon, Temperature, Water Quality Standards, Willamette
Oregon’s Water Temperature; the Saga Continues NWEA has been working for protective water temperature standards in Oregon for 23 years. Now, two successful lawsuits later, the nation’s fish expert agency has completed its review of whether Oregon’s temperature...
