Send Lawyers Guns and Money
Monday, September 19, 2011 at 12:00AM The Elwha hatchery issue is headed to the courts.
Wild fish advocates have served 60 day notice that they intend to sue numerous agencies over the Elwha hatchery plan. Those served were the Olympic National Park, the NOAA Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
This is the world's largest river-restoration program and it should reflect the world's best science," said Kurt Beardslee, head of the Wild Fish Conservancy, one of the groups involved. "We think the hatchery is threatening the recovery of wild fish and we really don't think it went through the proper review process."
Also joining in the action are the Wild Steelhead Coalition, The Conservation Angler and Federation of Fly Fishers Steelhead Committee.
LINK (Via: The Seattle Times)
Reader Comments (3)
hear hear.... let the dialog begin
but Lawyers??... worse than hatchery fish for the river me thinks
(could this be the sweet smell of precedent???... 'bout frikin time)
Awesome clip, awesome cause
Huh, I would of thought you'd have to sue the Elwha Tribe too? BTW, it almost sounds like NOAA was hoping that someone would sue them to stop the hatchery - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2016208900_guest15stelle.html