{"id":26979,"date":"2025-05-19T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=26979"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:36:02","slug":"cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/","title":{"rendered":"La tribu ind\u00edgena Cowlitz y un grupo de conservaci\u00f3n del salm\u00f3n advierten a Tacoma Power por no proteger al salm\u00f3n y la trucha arco\u00edris amenazados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy, la tribu ind\u00edgena Cowlitz y The Conservation Angler, representados por abogados del Western Environmental Law Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025.05.19-Cowlitz-NOI.pdf\">notificado<\/a> Tacoma Power, los grupos pretenden impugnar en los tribunales la incapacidad de la empresa de servicios p\u00fablicos para proporcionar un paso seguro y eficaz r\u00edo abajo m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de tres presas del r\u00edo Cowlitz para el salm\u00f3n y la trucha arco\u00edris amenazados. Una licencia del Consejo Federal Regulador de Energ\u00eda (FERC) de 2002 requer\u00eda que la empresa de servicios p\u00fablicos lograra &quot;95% de supervivencia o al menos 75% con la mejor tecnolog\u00eda disponible&quot; para los peces que migran r\u00edo abajo despu\u00e9s de desovar en los afluentes de agua fr\u00eda del r\u00edo Cowlitz. Este requisito fue incluido en la licencia FERC de Tacoma Power por el Servicio Nacional de Pesca Marina (NMFS) para reducir el riesgo de que estas especies en la lista dejen de tener una mayor disminuci\u00f3n de la poblaci\u00f3n y darles la oportunidad de recuperarse. Despu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os de retraso, la empresa de servicios p\u00fablicos inform\u00f3 el a\u00f1o pasado que, de 2017 a 2023, las tasas medias de paso de peces fueron de solo 64% para la trucha arco\u00edris, 65% para el salm\u00f3n coho y 55% para el salm\u00f3n Chinook, en violaci\u00f3n de la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesde tiempos inmemoriales, la Tribu Ind\u00edgena Cowlitz ha sido parte integral de esta regi\u00f3n, gestionando y protegiendo sus recursos naturales, especialmente el salm\u00f3n, vital para nuestra cultura y forma de vida\u201d, declar\u00f3 William Iyall, presidente de la Tribu Ind\u00edgena Cowlitz. \u201cEl incumplimiento por parte de Tacoma Power de las tasas de supervivencia de los peces establecidas amenaza no solo a estas especies, sino tambi\u00e9n la esencia misma de nuestro patrimonio. Exhortamos a Tacoma Power a cumplir con sus obligaciones y colaborar con nosotros para asegurar el futuro de estas vitales poblaciones de peces\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El r\u00edo Cowlitz, que fluye desde los glaciares del Monte Rainier, es importante para la supervivencia del salm\u00f3n y la trucha arco\u00edris en la parte baja del r\u00edo Columbia. Las presas han generado dificultades migratorias para el salm\u00f3n y la trucha arco\u00edris en toda la cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia; sin embargo, muchas deben cumplir con el est\u00e1ndar 95% de supervivencia de peces en el paso aguas abajo. Existen m\u00e9todos viables para mejorar la supervivencia de los peces en el paso aguas abajo, que se utilizan con \u00e9xito en otras instalaciones. Tacoma Power podr\u00eda modificar la instalaci\u00f3n de recolecci\u00f3n de peces existente en la presa Cowlitz Falls para que sea m\u00e1s atractiva para los peces juveniles y comenzar a recolectarlos durante las etapas iniciales o finales de la migraci\u00f3n de los juveniles Chinook. En el paso de peces de &quot;captura y arrastre&quot;, cuantos m\u00e1s peces se recolectan, m\u00e1s peces sobreviven. En segundo lugar, se podr\u00eda construir un colector de peces superficial aguas abajo de la presa Cowlitz Falls para recolectar los juveniles que no pueden ingresar al colector actual. En tercer lugar, Tacoma Power podr\u00eda instalar un colector superficial en el lago Scanewa o en el Cowlitz, que fluye libremente, antes de que este ingrese a dicho lago.<\/p>\n<p>En los \u00faltimos veinte a\u00f1os, se han invertido millones de d\u00f3lares en la restauraci\u00f3n del h\u00e1bitat de los peces sobre la presa Cowlitz Falls (no propiedad de Tacoma Power), en particular en el r\u00edo Cispus, la parte baja de Yellowjacket, la parte baja de Kiona, los arroyos Camp y Hall. El \u00e9xito de estas iniciativas de restauraci\u00f3n y la consiguiente mejora en la calidad de vida de los residentes de estas zonas depende de que los peces lleguen hasta all\u00ed r\u00edo arriba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTacoma Power est\u00e1 muy atrasada en el cumplimiento de un mandato claro, establecido hace 25 a\u00f1os, para lograr la supervivencia de los peces en el paso 95% en estas presas\u201d, declar\u00f3 Marlyn Twitchell, abogada principal del Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental. \u201cTacoma Power ha demorado la adopci\u00f3n de medidas, ha ignorado las advertencias y recomendaciones de las agencias pesqueras estatales y federales, as\u00ed como de otros expertos pesqueros, y, en consecuencia, a\u00fan est\u00e1 lejos de cumplir con ese est\u00e1ndar\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEs hora de que Tacoma Power deje de manipular experimentos fallidos y empiece a invertir en soluciones s\u00f3lidas para cumplir con los requisitos de supervivencia de los peces en el paso\u201d, declar\u00f3 John McMillan, presidente de The Conservation Angler. \u201cLa supervivencia y recuperaci\u00f3n de las truchas arco\u00edris, chinook y coho del Bajo R\u00edo Columbia, as\u00ed como de la pesca recreativa y tribal que sustentan, dependen de ello\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fondo:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>La cuenca de Cowlitz, en el estado de Washington, fue en su d\u00eda una de las cuencas hidrogr\u00e1ficas m\u00e1s productivas para el salm\u00f3n y la trucha arco\u00edris en la cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia gracias a sus aguas fr\u00edas y limpias. La construcci\u00f3n de tres proyectos hidroel\u00e9ctricos en el r\u00edo Cowlitz en 1951 contribuy\u00f3 a que el NMFS clasificara las cuatro poblaciones de salm\u00f3nidos de este tramo como especies en peligro de extinci\u00f3n (la trucha arco\u00edris en 1998, el salm\u00f3n chinook en 1999, el salm\u00f3n chum en 1999 y el salm\u00f3n coho en 2005), principalmente porque las presas (Mayfield, Mossyrock y Cowlitz Falls) impiden el paso r\u00edo arriba de estos peces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26978 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png\" alt=\"cowlitz dams diagram\" width=\"714\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png 714w, https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams-480x301.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 714px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tacoma Power recolecta salmones y truchas arco\u00edris juveniles migrantes en la Planta de Recolecci\u00f3n de Peces de Cowlitz Falls, inmediatamente aguas abajo de la Presa Cowlitz Falls. Desde all\u00ed, los peces recolectados se transportan en camiones r\u00edo abajo y se liberan en la base de la Presa Mayfield. Los peces juveniles que no entran en la planta pasan por las turbinas de la Presa Cowlitz Falls y luego desembocan en el Lago Riffe, donde son devorados por depredadores o no pueden pasar la Presa Mossyrock (la m\u00e1s alta del estado, con 183 metros), donde no existen sistemas de derivaci\u00f3n ni recolecci\u00f3n de juveniles que faciliten la migraci\u00f3n r\u00edo abajo.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Marlyn Twitchell, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 541-485-2471, ext. 144, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#x74;&#119;&#x69;t&#99;&#x68;e&#108;&#x6c;&#64;&#x77;e&#115;&#x74;e&#114;&#x6e;&#108;&#x61;&#x77;&#46;&#x6f;r&#103;\">twitchell@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rob Kirschner, Centro de Derecho Crag, 503-894-0439, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#116;o&#x3a;&#114;o&#x62;&#64;c&#x72;&#97;g&#x2e;&#111;r&#x67;\">rob@crag.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and The Conservation Angler, represented by attorneys at the Western Environmental Law Center, notified Tacoma Power the groups intend to challenge in court the utility\u2019s failure to provide safe and effective downstream passage past three Cowlitz River dams for threatened salmon and steelhead. A 2002 Federal Energy Regulatory Council (FERC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead - Western Environmental Law Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead - Western Environmental Law Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and The Conservation Angler, represented by attorneys at the Western Environmental Law Center, notified Tacoma Power the groups intend to challenge in court the utility\u2019s failure to provide safe and effective downstream passage past three Cowlitz River dams for threatened salmon and steelhead. A 2002 Federal Energy Regulatory Council (FERC) [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Western Environmental Law Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westernlaw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T19:36:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Tribe-Conservation-Angler-PR-FB-Large.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Sweeney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@westernlaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@westernlaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brian Sweeney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brian Sweeney\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02134c803a0cc49d2b7830a7d5998721\"},\"headline\":\"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T19:36:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":801,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead - Western Environmental Law Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T19:36:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Western Environmental Law Center\",\"description\":\"Defending the West\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Western Environmental Law Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/WELC-logo-600-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/WELC-logo-600-1.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Western Environmental Law Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/westernlaw\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/westernlaw\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/welc_org\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02134c803a0cc49d2b7830a7d5998721\",\"name\":\"Brian Sweeney\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4431360c8fb2980350d184c5da2fe545ed7520096297a790266b7a28271261de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4431360c8fb2980350d184c5da2fe545ed7520096297a790266b7a28271261de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4431360c8fb2980350d184c5da2fe545ed7520096297a790266b7a28271261de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Sweeney\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westernlaw.org\\\/es\\\/author\\\/brian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"La tribu ind\u00edgena Cowlitz y un grupo de conservaci\u00f3n del salm\u00f3n advierten a Tacoma Power por no proteger a los salmones y truchas arco\u00edris amenazados - Western Environmental Law Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead - Western Environmental Law Center","og_description":"Today, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and The Conservation Angler, represented by attorneys at the Western Environmental Law Center, notified Tacoma Power the groups intend to challenge in court the utility\u2019s failure to provide safe and effective downstream passage past three Cowlitz River dams for threatened salmon and steelhead. A 2002 Federal Energy Regulatory Council (FERC) [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/","og_site_name":"Western Environmental Law Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westernlaw\/","article_published_time":"2025-05-19T19:36:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Tribe-Conservation-Angler-PR-FB-Large.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Brian Sweeney","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@westernlaw","twitter_site":"@westernlaw","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Brian Sweeney","Tiempo de lectura":"4 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/"},"author":{"name":"Brian Sweeney","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#\/schema\/person\/02134c803a0cc49d2b7830a7d5998721"},"headline":"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead","datePublished":"2025-05-19T19:36:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/"},"wordCount":801,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png","articleSection":["News Release"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/","url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/","name":"La tribu ind\u00edgena Cowlitz y un grupo de conservaci\u00f3n del salm\u00f3n advierten a Tacoma Power por no proteger a los salmones y truchas arco\u00edris amenazados - Western Environmental Law Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png","datePublished":"2025-05-19T19:36:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowlitz-Dams-Diagrams.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/cowlitz-indian-tribe-salmon-conservation-group-put-tacoma-power-on-notice-over-failure-to-protect-threatened-salmon-steelhead\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/","name":"Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental","description":"Defendemos el Oeste","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#organization","name":"Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental","url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WELC-logo-600-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WELC-logo-600-1.png","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"Western Environmental Law Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westernlaw\/","https:\/\/x.com\/westernlaw","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/welc_org\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/#\/schema\/person\/02134c803a0cc49d2b7830a7d5998721","name":"Brian Sweeney","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4431360c8fb2980350d184c5da2fe545ed7520096297a790266b7a28271261de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4431360c8fb2980350d184c5da2fe545ed7520096297a790266b7a28271261de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4431360c8fb2980350d184c5da2fe545ed7520096297a790266b7a28271261de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brian Sweeney"},"url":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/author\/brian\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"bloom_image":false,"et-pb-post-main-image":false,"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":false,"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":false,"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":false,"et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":false,"et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":false,"et-pb-image--responsive--phone":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Brian Sweeney","author_link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/author\/brian\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Today, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and The Conservation Angler, represented by attorneys at the Western Environmental Law Center, notified Tacoma Power the groups intend to challenge in court the utility\u2019s failure to provide safe and effective downstream passage past three Cowlitz River dams for threatened salmon and steelhead. A 2002 Federal Energy Regulatory Council (FERC)&hellip;","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26985,"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26979\/revisions\/26985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26979"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}