In a historic decision, a federal court has ordered the removal of a segment of Washington’s Electron Dam from the Puyallup River, marking a win for environmental preservation and the protection of endangered species. The legal battle was initiated by the Puyallup Tribe against Electron Hydro LLC following the company’s discharge of toxic tire crumb rubber into the river and subsequent construction of a “temporary” rock dam and sheet pile wall in 2020. The court’s verdict deemed these structures pose an imminent threat to the survival of steelhead trout, Chinook salmon, and bull trout, species all listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
California Trout (“CalTrout”), the state’s leading freshwater conservation organization, welcomed Governor Gavin Newsom to tour two of their restoration projects in Humboldt County on Monday.
Sam Wilson collected data from research projects around North America on 66 wild Pacific salmon populations stretching from Oregon to British Columbia to Alaska.