To Save Steelhead, Oregon Trucks Sea Lions
Oregon wildlife managers are trapping sea lions at Willamette Falls and trucking them out to the coast in an effort to protect a very fragile …
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Oregon warns Willamette steelhead face extinction if sea lions’ feast continues
If sea lions continue their underwater buffet below Willamette Falls, they could push winter steelhead trout to the brink of extinction, state officials warned Monday. …
Congress seeks to weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act
A classic case of treating the symptoms and not the disease. On Wednesday, July 26, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed 21 bills during …
Sea lions head up smaller PNW rivers
In the past month or two, a few California (one Steller) sea lions have moved into the lower stretches of the Sandy River and as …
Study says predators may play major role in chinook salmon declines
A new study shows that increased populations of seals and sea lions are eating far more of Puget Sound’s threatened chinook than previously known, potentially …