May 21—A Trump era decision has further imperiled endangered fish species in the Trinity River, and commercial fishermen and local tribes are demanding the federal government take action.
A Trump-era decision has further imperiled endangered fish species in the Trinity River, and commercial fishermen and local tribes are demanding the federal government take action.
Under the Endangered Species Act, it’s illegal to “take” an endangered species, which ranges from harming and harassing to trapping and killing them. The law also requires agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare a biological opinion detailing how a federal agency’s actions could jeopardize the habitat or existence of an endangered species, along with conservation methods to help those species recover.
“So we expect very significant mortality of spring Chinook salmon, fall Chinook salmon as well as coho,” Stokely said. That opinion had the net effect of taking more water out of the Trinity River and leaving it without any protections.
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