Court Sets Date for NMFS to Decide if West Coast Chinook Salmon Should be on the Endangered List
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and three co-plaintiffs recently won a three-year legal battle for NOAA Fisheries to set deadlines on whether spring-run Chinook salmon in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Oregon’s District Court Judge Jeff Armistead signed the court order on June 27 establishing November 3, 2025, as the deadline for the Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon-Northern California Coast Chinook salmon and January 2, 2026, as the deadline...
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