Posted on August 28, 2015 by Al Bergstein
The Makah have had to kill off their hatchery fish. Not enough water. Too much heat.
This summer’s extreme drought is becoming increasingly deadly for fish in the northwest.
The state department of Fish and Wildlife had already lost about one and a half million juvenile fish in overheated rivers and streams in Washington at the end of July, due to this summer’s historically warm temperatures and low water levels
KPLU Story
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Posted on May 23, 2012 by Al Bergstein
A 7-year-old study on the potential environmental impact of Makah whaling is being ditched, the federal government announced. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service and Department of Commerce issued a “notice to terminate” the draft environmental impact statement Monday. This is the latest development in lengthy legal battles over the Makah tribe’s treaty right to hunt whales — and comes only days after the 13th anniversary of a Makah whaling crew legally killing a gray whale off Neah Bay. U.S. halts Makah whaling study after seven years over ‘new scientific information’
Whaling Study for Makah by Feds Stopped
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