Agencies Warned Over Elwha River Fish Hatchery (Wild Fish Conservancy)
A sixty-day notice letter mailed today to federal and state agencies charges that these agencies are violating the Endangered Species by ignoring best available science and the needs of killer whales...
View ArticleWSC Position on Elwha River Hatcheries
In September 2011 dam removal began on the Elwha River marking the beginning of the greatest river restoration project in history. Over the next two years, Glines Canyon and Elwha dams will be removed...
View ArticleProposed Klickitat Hatchery Plan threatens Steelhead
Klickitat River Historically, the Klickitat River has been highly revered as a very productive wild fishery, but steady declines over the twentieth century followed by significant drop in escapement...
View ArticleSuit 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...
View ArticleInterim 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...
View ArticleCourt Asked To Stop Elwha Hatchery Releases
Today, four conservation groups asked the US District Court for Western Washington to halt planned releases of hatchery coho salmon and steelhead into the Elwha River until the Court has an opportunity...
View ArticleCourt Rules In Favor of Elwha River Wild Steelhead
A federal court in Tacoma held on Wednesday that federal agencies violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in approving plans to release hatchery fish to the Elwha River. U.S. District...
View ArticleShow Your Support for Wild Steelhead at Senate Hearing – July 29, 2014
The Washington State Senate Natural Resources & Parks Committee will hold a hearing on July 29, 2014 at 10:00AM to discuss the recent Puget Sound steelhead hatchery litigation and...
View ArticleTell the WA Senate Natural Resources Committee you support wild steelhead
The Washington State Senate Natural Resources & Parks Committee will hold a hearing on July 29, 2014 at 10:00AM to discuss the recent Puget Sound steelhead hatchery litigation and settlement...
View ArticleElwha River Lawsuit Update
In August of 2016, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife designated the Elwha River as a Wild Steelhead Gene Bank – a wild steelhead sanctuary free of the threat of manmade hatchery fish....
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