Dec 14, 2017 | Wildlife
Protecting Oregon’s Beavers—and Salmon—From Wildlife Services It may sound strange, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture regularly kills Oregon’s state animal—beavers—with traps, snares and firearms. Numerous studies show beavers benefit endangered salmon and...
Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlife
Protecting Native Steelhead in the North and South Santiam Rivers In 1999, the National Marine Fisheries Service listed native winter steelhead trout in the upper Willamette River basin in Oregon as threatened with extinction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pays for...
Sep 12, 2016 | Wildlands
Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River In 2015, the Washington Department of Ecology implemented an instream flow rule for the Spokane River that establishes summer flows that are so low as to threaten existing uses, including aquatic habitat for fish and...
May 29, 2014 | Wildlands
Washington State Sustainable Agriculture The water quality of Washington state’s Puget Sound has been and continues to be degraded by pollution from factory farms called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Although there are approximately 1,200 CAFOs...
