Archives: Pacific Northwest

Subscribe to Pacific Northwest RSS Feed

Resolve to Learn More About Endangered Species and the Environment with Nossaman in 2019!

Nossaman’s Environmental Practice attorneys will be off to a great start in 2019 presenting at many key events around the U.S. focused on endangered species and environmental issues. First, on January 10th, Austin-based Environment & Land Use Partner Brooke Wahlberg will speak at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 2019 Policy Orientation in Austin.  Brooke’s presentation … Continue Reading

U.S. House Passes Bill Allowing Removal of Sea Lions to Protect Endangered Fish Species

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the “Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act” (Act) (H.R. 2083), co-sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), allowing for the lethal removal of California and Steller sea lions (Zalophus californianus and Eumetopias jubatus) to protect endangered salmon (populations of Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus … Continue Reading

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces Initiation of 5-Year Status Review for 50 Species

On Monday, June 18, 2018, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced that it has initiated five year status reviews for fifty species in California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin of Oregon, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).  Included among the species whose ESA listing status is being reviewed are 19 animal species, … Continue Reading

National Marine Fisheries Service Finds Listing the Klamath and Trinity River Chinook Salmon as Threatened or Endangered May Be Warranted

On February 27, 2018, the National Marine Fisheries Service (“Service”) published a 90-day finding on the Karuk Tribe and Salmon River Restoration Council’s (“Petitioners”) petition to list the Upper Klamath-Trinity Rivers Basin (“UKTR”) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) evolutionarily significant unit (“ESU”) as endangered or threatened.  Based on the information included in Petitioners’ filing, the Service … Continue Reading

Upcoming Pacific Northwest Timberlands Management Seminar to Provide Timely Updates from Top Timber Sector Practitioners

On March 16, 2018, Nossaman Environment and Land Use Law Partner Svend Brandt-Erichsen will be serving as a member of the faculty for The Seminar Group’s CLE and Foresters program Pacific Northwest Timberlands Management: Regulations, Litigation, and Business Considerations.  The full conference, held from March 15-16, 2018, at the Portland, Oregon World Trade Center, will … Continue Reading
LexBlog