WA Congresswoman Touts Bill Expanding Lethal Take of Sea Lions to Protect Columbia River Salmon
Last week, Washington Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez introduced a bill that would allow increased lethal removal of California and Steller sea lions by Southwest Washington's Indian Tribes and extend removal authority to nearly 292 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River.
Members of five tribal groups with ancestral history in the area, as well as state managers, have been taking California and Steller sea lions under a law passed in 2018 designed to protect endangered salmon...
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