Feds Deny Petition to List Two Oregon Chinook Salmon Populations as Endangered

Feds deny petition to list two Oregon Chinook salmon populations as endangered

The federal government denied a petition to list Chinook salmon along the Oregon and Northern California coasts as endangered.A group of environmental nonprofits filed a petition in 2022 to protect the spring-run Chinook along the Oregon Coast and part of Northern California.Jeff Miller from the Center for Biological Diversity said spring-run Chinook are more threatened by habitat changes than fish that return in the fall.“Spring-run are blocked…

Listing Not Warranted For Oregon Coast Chinook

Oregon Coast Chinook do not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act. So says the National Marine Fisheries Service in a notice published on the Federal Register today. The feds had been petitioned to list two populations – Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook – but a lengthy analysis by a status review team found it is unnecessary. The post Listing Not Warranted For Oregon Coast Chinook appeared first…