The Demise of Fish-Eating Birds
As the Terminator might say, “Hasta la vista, bird.” A eagle and a gull battle over the remains of a salmon. The Army Corps of Engineers has authorization to kill up to 2,000 birds in the Northwest...
View ArticleFeds Propose Killing 16,000 Birds to Save Salmon
Frustrated by their inability to stop double-crested cormorants from devouring millions of endangered fish in the Northwest, federal officials are proposing to kill almost 16,000 birds during the next...
View ArticleTab for Saving NW Fish Nears $700 Million
For the eighth straight year, the tab for protecting fish and wildlife has added more than $640 million to electricity costs in the Pacific Northwest. The Bonneville Power Administration spent $682.4...
View ArticleNo Fish Tale: Uptick in Northwest Salmon Stock
Years of efforts to boost the population of fish in the Pacific Northwest appear to be showing signs of success, officials say. Record numbers of sockeye salmon suggest policies to save endangered fish...
View ArticleSea Lions Thwart Salmon, NW Wildlife Managers
Wildlife managers have used fireworks, traps, rubber buckshot and even underwater percussion devices to keep sea lions away from snacking on endangered salmon in the Northwest. Sea lions consumed more...
View ArticleFeds: NW Ratepayer Spending on Salmon Paying Off
The federal agencies responsible for restoring depleted species of fish in the Northwest are reporting success in improving the habitat of endangered salmon and steelhead. Federal agencies say they are...
View ArticleSea Lions Find New Places to Snack on NW Fish
Sea lions are finding additional places to attack Northwest ratepayers’ investments in endangered fish. A predatory California sea lion grabs a fish just below Willamette Falls in Oregon. (Photo...
View ArticleFish-Eating Birds Reluctant to Flee
A bird colony that is consuming endangered species of salmon isn’t giving up its territory easily. Caspian terns on East Sand Island near the mouth of the Columbia River consume millions of young...
View ArticleBird Kill Aims to Save Salmon, Protect Ratepayers
Nearly 3,500 double-crested cormorants are targeted for elimination in the next year as wildlife officials try to control the birds that are scarfing baby salmon and affecting Northwest electric rates....
View ArticleN.W. Fish Expenses Hit $782 Million
The cost of balancing energy and the environment in the Northwest has reached its highest level since 2010, a preliminary study of Bonneville Power Administration program has found. Bonneville Power...
View ArticleNorthwest Co-ops Face 7.1 Percent Power Rate Hike
Wholesale power rates for much of the Pacific Northwest are on the rise again, and electric cooperatives and other utilities are likely to feel the pinch. Bonneville Power Administration is planning a...
View ArticleWarm Water is Bad News for Endangered Fish
Fish species in the Pacific Northwest have to endure predatory attacks by sea lions, cormorants and Caspian terns. A spate of warm weather in the Northwest is causing problems for endangered salmon....
View ArticleSea Lions Step Up Endangered Salmon Feast
Sea lions in the Pacific Northwest are extending their reach and their consumption of endangered fish species that ratepayers in the region spend hundreds of millions of dollars to protect. California...
View ArticleSea Lion Return Bad for Fish, NW Ratepayers
Maybe wood panels will help. A sea lion eats a salmon in the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam, an ongoing concern for electric cooperatives. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) That’s the newest tactic wildlife...
View ArticleFeds OK Kill of Salmon-Eating Cormorants in NW
First, hungry sea lions were targeted for extinction. Now, it’s ravenous double-crested cormorants. Wildlife managers are set to kill 3,200 cormorants that threaten to eat endangered juvenile salmon in...
View ArticleCourt Rejects Salmon Plan, Suggests Breaching Dams
Electric utilities are concerned that a federal judge has raised the possibility of breaching hydroelectric dams in the Northwest after rejecting a $1 billion government plan to save endangered fish as...
View ArticleBill for NW Fish and Wildlife Hits $757 Million
The cost to Northwest power users of protecting fish and wildlife dropped last year, but just barely. A draft report says Bonneville Power Administration spent $757 million on fish and wildlife in...
View ArticleSea Lions Continue Feast on Salmon, Ratepayers
The migration season that attracts sea lions to gorge on endangered fish in the Northwest is over, and this year’s numbers are not pretty for the pinnipeds, salmon or ratepayers. A California sea lion...
View ArticleIs Northwest Cormorant Kill Paying Off?
Maybe fish-gobbling cormorants aren’t quite to blame after all. Double-crested cormorants might not be affecting the survival of endangered fish as much as prevously thought, a study says. (Photo By:...
View ArticleFeds Extend Sea Lion Kill Order through 2021
A federal agency will allow three states in the Pacific Northwest an additional five years to trap and kill sea lions that gorge on endangered species of fish. Idaho, Washington and Oregon have...
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