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A wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release November 21, 2024

Swinomish Tribal Community Seeks Legal Intervention to Mitigate Salmon-Harming Tidegates

Swinomish seeks to defend NOAA Fisheries Biological Opinion that protects ESA-listed Chinook Salmon, endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales

Agriculture in the Central Valley irrigated by part of the California Aqueduct, a system of canals, tunnels and pipelines that starts in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and conveys water to Southern California. (Rolf Schulten / Getty Images)
Article January 31, 2025

Here’s What Trump’s Really Up to With His Response to L.A. Fires

Trump’s actions would drain freshwater from a 1,000-square-mile estuary that provides drinking water to millions of people, irrigates the surrounding farmland, and sustains a salmon fishing industry.

Sockeye salmon  (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon)
feature December 14, 2023

Timeline: A Long Fight to Restore Snake River Salmon

Learn about the major events, court rulings, and where we are now in this long-standing fight.

document November 21, 2024

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s Motion to Intervene to Support NOAA BiOp for Skagit Tide Gates

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community filed a motion to intervene as a defendant to support NOAA Fisheries’ Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) that found Skagit Dike District 12’s No Name Slough tidegate complex replacement would result in “jeopardy” to ESA-listed Chinook salmon and endangered Southern Resident killer whales unless estuary habitat mitigation measures were completed.

feature January 29, 2025

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOE’s Community Benefits Plan requirements

Orcas in Puget Sound. (Tifotter / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case December 20, 2024

Protecting Salmon and Orcas from Puget Sound Wastewater Pollution

Working with four nonprofit environmental organizations — Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, RE Sources, Toxic-Free Future, and Waste Action Project — Earthjustice advocated for more stringent pollution controls for the wastewater treatment plant to help protect salmon, orcas, and people.

A sockeye salmon (<i>Oncorhynchus nerka</i>) in Little Redfish Lake Creek, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release December 4, 2024

Earthjustice Plaintiffs Applaud Washington State’s Bold Leadership on Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery

Washington’s leadership affirms the state’s commitment to restore healthy and abundant salmon and steelhead fisheries in the Columbia and Snake rivers

The Lower Granite Dam is one of the four Lower Snake River dams.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release December 17, 2024

Federal Agencies Plan to Revise Flawed Environmental Study for Columbia Basin Hydropower Operations

Salmon advocates commend the move to revise the study as a critical next step in a comprehensive plan to restore the Columbia Basin’s native fisheries

Earthjustice secured new protections for endangered grizzly bears and wolves in Idaho. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
feature December 1, 2024

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2024

Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

The Florida Scrub-Jay is the only bird species found exclusively in the state of Florida. (Zach Stern / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release January 28, 2025

Conservation groups take legal action to ensure survival of declining Florida Scrub-Jay

Groups move to block effort to rescind Endangered Species Act protections

The Puyallup River, with Mount Tahoma (Rainier) in the background. (David Seibold / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Update August 23, 2024

In a Win for Endangered Salmon, Court Orders Puyallup River Dam Removal

Electron Dam has been harming Chinook salmon, steelhead, and trout for nearly 100 years. With part of the dam gone, the river will flow naturally for the first time in almost a century.

Ciarra Greene, member of the Nez Perce Tribe, walks along a section of the Snake River near Asotin, Wash. (Brian Plonka for Earthjustice)
Update June 27, 2024

The Federal Government Is Finally Acknowledging How Columbia River Basin Dams Have Harmed Tribes

A new report highlights the need for concrete action to restore salmon populations and honor treaty obligations.

An endangered female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle. The orca is from the J pod, one of three groups of southern resident killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state.  (Elaine Thompson / AP)
Article December 14, 2023

Northwest Tribes Demand Action for Salmon and Orca Restoration

Tribes call for dam removal and restoration of healthy salmon and orca populations during emotional two-day summit.

document January 16, 2025

DTE and EES Coke: Community Information

An explainer for residents and community members in Detroit about the health impacts of DTE’s EES Coke facility, sulfur dioxide emissions, and our intervention in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against the facilities on behalf of Sierra Club.

Louie Wagner Jr. casts for ooligan on the Unuk River, as his family has for generations. (Sonia Luokkala / SEITC)
Article September 18, 2024

Rampant Gold Mining in British Columbia Threatens Salmon and Indigenous Rights

Toxic gold mining along rivers crossing the British Columbia-Alaska border threatens critical ecosystems and the sovereign rights of Alaska Native communities.

Earthjustice Senior Attorney Kate Glover, Earthjustice Senior Attorney Maile Tavepholjalern, Association of Village Council Presidents General Counsel Coralette Waite and Earthjustice Senior Attorney Charisse Arce following an oral argument in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska.
Press Release September 26, 2024

Two Alaska Tribal Organizations Seek an Overhaul of Pollock Trawling Management in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The federal lawsuit challenges fisheries management that fails to address climate change and unlawfully permits pollock trawlers to catch thousands of salmon as bycatch annually

A fishing crew member carries a salmon to the hold of boat in Washington State. (Thomas Barwick / Getty images)
Press Release February 22, 2024

Swinomish Tribal Community Demands EPA Act to Stop Harm to Lower Skagit River Salmon From Temperature Pollution

Ongoing violations of temperature standards for 20 years harm ESA-listed salmon populations; Tribe provides notice to sue EPA

Press Release September 10, 2024

Environmentalists Seek Legal Intervention to Defend Denver’s Strong Energy Codes

Codes could reduce building sector emissions that contribute to poor air quality and climate change