NOAA’s denial of endangered status for salmon sparks talk of legal challenge
Federal fisheries officials on Monday rejected a bid to designate West Coast Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. In response, one of the conservation groups that petitioned for the listing, the Center for Biological Diversity, says it is considering a legal challenge. … The listing of the fish would have meant stronger oversight of logging near rivers, new requirements for dams to allow salmon to pass and to release colder water, and an influx of restoration work that usually follows an endangered species designation.
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