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Interim Agreement Protects Wild Elwha Steelhead From Hatchery Release
Non-native hatchery steelhead will not be released into the Elwha River and its tributaries this year, say four conservation groups that earlier this month filed suit against federal agencies and officials of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (in their official capacities) for releases of hatchery fish into the Elwha.
Suit Filed To Block Elwha Hatchery Programs
Citing warnings from agency and independent scientists, four conservation groups filed suit today against several federal agencies and officials of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (in their official capacities) for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and ignoring the best available science and threatening the recovery of killer whales, Chinook salmon, and native steelhead by funding and operating fish hatchery programs in the Elwha River.
The President’s Run: “A Dam Fine Year”
President, Rich Simms, summarizes Wild Steelhead Coalitions’s recent accomplishments and upcoming projects for steelhead recovery.
Public Commentary on DEIS Klickitat Hatchery Complex Program
A multi-organization publication outlining the comments of WSC, Native Fish Society, Wild Fish Conservancy, Federation of Fly Fishers, and Washington Fly Fishing Coalition on the Klickitat River Hatchery Complex program. The Klickitat is a river of extraordinary biological and cultural importance for the state of Washington and for the recovery of listed steelhead in the Middle Columbia.
Restore the Elwha Without Hatchery Fish
Hot off The Seattle Times press comes the latest op-ed we’ve collaborated on, along with our friends at the Osprey Steelhead News and Wild Fish Conservancy. Let wild steelhead and salmon recolonize the Elwha River naturally! [Article Published in the Seattle Times July 12, 2011] By Will Atlas, Kurt Beardslee and Rich Simms…
WSC Statement on the Proposed ESA Listing of Puget Sound Steelhead
An encouraging statement by WSC on the potential ESA listing of Puget Sound steelhead. Although the listing is a sad and sobering reality, WSC says that there is reason for optimism in the Puget Sound region. The WSC is hopeful that the listing will create awareness and spark some much needed media coverage on the declining populations of the worlds greatest gamefish.
