Judge Stiffens Salmon Rules After Report of Violation at Dams
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise May 25--A federal judge chastised the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday for violating commitments to minimize killing endangered salmon at the Columbia and Snake rivers dams. U.S.
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A federal judge on Friday imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps sending water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta to users around the state, saying the pumps were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish.
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A Pacific Northwest utility must build new fish ladders and take other steps to help salmon swim freely past four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River if it wants to renew its license to produce electricity, federal fisheries agencies said Tuesday.
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Federal biologists evaluating the effects of shifting millions of gallons of water to Southern California from rivers in the north were ordered by their superiors to revise a conclusion that the plan would hurt endangered salmon, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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BREMERTON, Wash. -- The state Fish and Wildlife Commission is nearing a decision on whether to scratch a two-year ban on keeping wild steelhead caught from some Western Washington rivers, most of them on the Olympic Peninsula.
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By Scott M. Larson, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 7--Town council had stopped a development because it didn't have  sprinklers, but judge ruled that wasn't proper.
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A federal judge struck down campaign finance regulations Wednesday that govern when candidates and independent groups can coordinate their political messages. The judge called on the Federal Election Commission to write stricter rules in time for the 2008 elections.
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By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 16--MARYVILLE -- The days of fishing with wild abandon in Maryville's Drost Park Lake are over. Now there are rules.
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By Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Sep. 7--WARREN, Minn. -- Marshall County commissioners on Wednesday  rejected a proposed interim law to regulate animal feedlots.
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A judge declared Friday that a law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, a first-of-its-kind ruling in New York that would clear the way for gay couples to wed if it survives on appeal.
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The Bush administration on Tuesday proposed a steep reduction in the miles of rivers and streams to come under federal protection for Pacific salmon, and offered exemptions for property owners and broad areas of the Northwest and California.
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A federal judge ordered the Navy on Thursday to adopt measures that would lessen the impact of sonar on whales and other marine life during exercises near Southern California.
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Echoing the ruling of another local court, a Thurston County judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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ASHLAND, Ore.  - A Bush administration decision to  eliminate the possibility of removing dams to save endangered  U.S. Pacific Northwest salmon species is a huge blow to  protection efforts, an environmental group said on Wednesday.
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By Peter Barnes, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 6--An expansive housing development under construction beside the Spokane River mostly complies with Spokane Valley's shoreline regulations, a hearing examiner concluded Tuesday.
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An Indonesian judge delivered a ruling Thursday in favor of Newmont Mining Corp. and six employees under investigation for polluting a fishing bay, but how the action will affect the government&#39;s case against the men was unclear.
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Removing four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River to help struggling salmon runs there would not be as expensive as feared, studies for a state agency show.