Posts Tagged ‘Endangered Species Act’

Salmon returns to Columbia River look good so far

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
This years run of spring Chinook returning to the Columbia River 291,000 adults counted passing Bonneville Dam by the last day of spring is comfortably above the 10-year average of 204,000. By contrast, the annual average in the decade of the 1990s, when 12 populations of steelhead and salmon in the Columbia Basin were listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, was only 60,500 ...

Salmon Extravaganza, Part I

Thursday, July 1st, 2010
On the gleaming, watery trail of wild Alaskan salmon, accompanied by greedy eaters (including me) and expert fishermen (not including me) Fish - Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute - Atlantic salmon - Endangered Species Act - Los Angeles

Beware Santa Barbara potters with time on their hands

Saturday, August 1st, 2009
As I was waiting by the side of the freeway Friday afternoon waiting for AAA to show up to change the flat on my car, I was listening to talk radio show host Hugh Hewitt interview an environmental busybody who was one of the people behind a lawsuit that is creating a faux “drought” in California’s Central Valley. I encourage you to either read the transcript or listen to the podcast , because it’s just shocking that the endangered species act is being used in such a fashion by people who pr

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Bill reverses last minute Bush rule changes to ESA

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act “ directs all Federal agencies to use their existing authorities to conserve threatened and endangered species and, in consultation with the Service, to ensure that their actions do not jeopardize listed species or destroy or adversely modify critical habitat, [and] Section 7 applies to management of Federal lands as well as other Federal actions that may affect listed species, such as Federal approval of private activities through the issuance of Federal