Declining Salmon Populations, Pollution, Ocean Noise Threaten Iconic Species Off Coasts of Washington, Oregon, California
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SEATTLE—(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections along the West Coast for endangered “Southern Resident” killer whales. The finding, which says a decision will be made in 2017, comes in response to a petitionby the Center for Biological Diversity seeking to extend Endangered Species Act…
