Ninth Circuit Decision Upholds Earlier Court Ruling Ordering Partial Removal of Washington's Electron Dam
August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 19 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
Seattle, WA In a vindication for the Puyallup Tribe, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed an earlier federal district court order requiring a portion of the Electron dam to be removed from the Puyallup River because of the harms caused by the dam to Chinook salmon, steelhead and bull trout, which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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Seattle, WA In a vindication for the Puyallup Tribe, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed an earlier federal district court order requiring a portion of the Electron dam to be removed from the Puyallup River because of the harms caused by the dam to Chinook salmon, steelhead and bull trout, which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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