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Court Wins for Puget Sound & Columbia River

Court Wins for Puget Sound & Columbia River

May 8, 2025 | Lawsuits, Clean Water Act, Columbia River, Featured, OR_TMDLs, Puget Sound, Refugia, WA TMDLs

Court Wins for Puget Sound & Columbia River Wins In Court for Puget Sound & Columbia River In the space of just one hour, NWEA won two important court battles over our efforts to protect water quality and species in Puget Sound & Columbia River.  The U.S....
Columbia River Cold-Water Refuges Sought for Salmon

Columbia River Cold-Water Refuges Sought for Salmon

November 2, 2021 | Columbia River, EPA, Featured, National Marine Fishers Service, Refugia, Salmon

Columbia River Cold-Water Refuges Sought for Salmon News Stay Informed  We appreciate you interest in staying informed on NWEA's activities and how you can make a difference! Please know we respect your privacy and will keep you information confidential. You...
Lawsuit Forces EPA to Help Salmon Migrate a Hot Columbia River

Lawsuit Forces EPA to Help Salmon Migrate a Hot Columbia River

December 2, 2019 | Comments, Columbia River, EPA, Featured, Refugia

Lawsuit Forces EPA to Help Salmon Migrate a Hot Columbia River After 18 years, and two NWEA lawsuits, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally issued a draft plan to protect and restore cold water refuges to help salmon migrating through the hot...
Oregon Told Expedite River Cleanup Plans

Oregon Told Expedite River Cleanup Plans

June 12, 2019 | Clean Water Act, Lawsuits, OR Temperature, OR Trading, OR_TMDLs, TMDLs

Court Orders priority for most pollution dischargersDocument Links Oregon and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have eight years in which to replace defective water pollution clean-up plans that allow temperatures lethal to salmon in some of the state’s...
Court Rejects EPA Stand On Oregon Rivers’ Temperature

Court Rejects EPA Stand On Oregon Rivers’ Temperature

December 13, 2018 | Lawsuits, EPA, Featured, OR Temperature, OR_TMDLs, Oregon

Oregon Rivers increasing temperatures need attention   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a lot of work to do to protect salmon from hot water, according to a ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernández Wednesday afternoon.  The court...
EPA Forced to Act on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

EPA Forced to Act on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

July 24, 2018 | Lawsuits, EPA, Puget Sound, WA Temperature, WA TMDLs, Water Quality

NWEA Lawsuit Forces EPA Action on Deschutes River Clean-Up After failing to either approve or disapprove the Deschutes River TMDL clean-up plan developed by Washington Department of Ecology’s  for two and a half years, EPA partially approved and partially disapproved...
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