Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

Federal agency cuts flows as the largest river restoration project begins

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

For the Yurok, the fight to protect the Klamath River and the Tribe’s way of life goes back centuries.

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Fish and Wildlife Service to list species as threatened following decades of litigation

The Yurok Tribe, with the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR), sued the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to ensure enough water will remain in the Klamath River to protect threatened coho salmon and endangered resident killer whales.

The Yurok Tribe, with the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR), filed for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation from delivering water for irrigation unless Reclamation can ensure it will be able to comply fully with its Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) obligations to threatened Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (“SONCC”) Coho Salmon and endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (“Killer Whales”) that depend on Klamath River Chinook Salmon as prey.

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Bureau of Reclamation develops new three-year operations plan

Temporary restraining order filed to restore essential water flows for Klamath River salmon

To understand the importance of the latest court ruling, listen to those who depend on Klamath River salmon for their way of life.

Court denies Klamath agribusiness interests $30 million years after 2001 drought

Second federal appeals court protects Monument and the rare and beautiful plant and animal species that live there

For the Yurok, the fight to protect the Klamath River and the Tribe’s way of life goes back centuries. The Yurok Tribe turned to the courts for restitution and joined forces with Earthjustice and commercial fishing families to protect the Klamath’s salmon.

Group’s 60-day notice of intent to sue Feds supports recent legal efforts by Yurok, Karuk and Hoopa Valley Tribes in response to massive fish disease outbreaks

The Klamath River has a basic problem: too much water promised to too many people. Now salmon are dying, causing local fishermen and tribal nations to suffer.

Immediate action to reduce risk of massive fish disease outbreaks ordered