Summary:  The Navy is holding a public meeting this Thursday in Eureka to gather input for an environmental impact statement on the effects of sonar testing and training off the coast of Washington. Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for issuing the 2010 permit allowing the Navy’s sonar testing.

”Our case is aimed at the fisheries service for failing to take some—what we think are very reasonable and common sense—mitigations measures to ensure that their activities don't harm whales and other marine mammals,” said Steve Mashuda, an attorney with Earthjustice.

  Full Article:  http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_20201307/navy-holding-eureka-meeting-training-testing-eis-sonar"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Press Release: Navy Training Blasts Marine Mammals with Harmful Sonar
• Blog: Groups Demand That Navy Change Sonar Testing
• Video: Orca and Navy Sonar

  Summary:  A federal court ruling will require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to take steps to give river herring—a term referring to important forage fish including alewives, blueback herring, American shad, and hickory shad—stronger protections.

Earthjustice attorney Roger Fleming called the case “a big ruling” for river herring. “The agency is going to have to go back to its Atlantic herring fishery management plan, add river herring and shad, and set catch limits and other conservation measures,” he said.

  Full Article:  http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120313conservationists_applaud_ruling_on_river_herring"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Press Release: Federal Court Ruling Will Protect Atlantic River Herring and Shad
• Case: East Coast River Herring and Shad Protection Efforts Challenged
• Down to Earth: Audio Interview with Attorney Roger Fleming

  Summary:  A bill passed through the Wyoming Legislature that would classify wolves as predators that can be shot on sight throughout the state, while creating a flexible area near Yellowstone National Park for trophy hunting.

Earthjustice lawyer Doug Honnold, who has represented groups that fought against delisting wolves to a predator status, called the management approach “inappropriate” and said that he believes the plan will be challenged in court by environmental groups.

  Full Article:  http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/wyoming_passes_wolf_bill_while_lawsuits_loom/26976/"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Campaign: Wolves in Danger

  Summary:  The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced their expectation of a sixfold increase this year in Klamath River Chinook salmon over last year’s levels, which would bring nearly 1.6 million of the fish up the river to spawn.

"These numbers are fantastic," Earthjustice attorney Kristen Boyles said. "We're always fighting a picture that is environmental protection versus jobs. But that is a fake, a veneer put on a much bigger problem, which is how do you have the resources to have the salmon and the jobs and the economic activity in places where we all want to live?”

  Full Article:  http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/01/nation/la-na-salmon-run-20120301"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Case: Klamath River: Salmon Protection