Excerpts from a report by National Marine Fisheries Service, finding that organophosphate pesticides jeopardize salmon survival and destroy their critical habitat.

The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized an agreement to restore no-spray buffer zones around waterways to protect imperiled salmon and steelhead from five toxic pesticides. A coalition of conservation organizations, advocates for alternatives to pesticides, and fishing groups cheered the victory. These groups brought a lawsuit to demand reasonable fish protections from the insecticides, some…

Fishing and conservation groups praise stronger stream buffers from toxic sprays

Entire runs of salmon are losing out to a system of dams, pumps and diversions that take the flow of life from rivers along America’s West Coast.

Sixty-Day Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Endangered Species Act that impact survival and recovery of threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead.

In a video interview, federal judge James A. Redden said four dams on the lower Snake River should go. As he explained, it’s easier to take the dams out than it was to put them in and the change is needed for salmon to survive.

Call to streamline government achievable by reversing damage to salmon rivers and streams

Earthjustice is representing the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, Defenders of Wildlife, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers, an organic farmer, and a commercial salmon fishermen in challenging the federal government’s failure to protect endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead…

EPA’s eight years of failure draws legal action

Additional limitations placed on the use of chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion

Prescribes mitigation measures

Plan promises cleaner water

Positive first step toward getting pesticides out of water

List of 37 active pesticides ingredients that the EPA determined are "likely to adversely affect" ("LAA") or "not likely to adversely affect" ("NLAA") 26 species of salmon