Fish & Fisheries

Congress Votes To Remove Mining Moratorium On Boundary Waters Watershed

"Despite hours of impassioned arguments from Sen. Tina Smith, the U.S. Senate ended a Biden-era moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed."

Source: MinnPost, 04/17/2026

"Trump Administration Holds Up NOAA Grant Funding"

"The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding."

Source: The Hill, 04/15/2026

Commercial Salmon Fishing To Open In Calif.For The First Time Since 2022

"Federal fishery managers voted Sunday to open waters off the coast of California to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022, with the population rebounding after wet winters ended a long drought."

Source: AP, 04/14/2026

Endangered Salmon Returned To Calif. Far North — Then The Money Dried Up

"Newsom promised to help a Native tribe restore sacred salmon to their ancestral river. Now California is ending the funding. The fish made it back to their ancestral waters for the first time in 80 years — so why is California walking away now?"

Source: CalMatters, 04/09/2026

"Yes, You Can Make Friends With Trees. Here’s Why It’s A Good Idea."

"RJ Laverne’s childhood home in Detroit had a big elm out front. In fact, the whole neighborhood was lined with them: great, graceful trees whose branches spread across the street to create a shady canopy. Elms were so widely planted in cities and suburbs in the 19th and 20th centuries that they became known as the “Main Street tree.” Then, in the 1930s, Dutch elm disease began to ravage them, and by 1989, most of America’s 77 million mature elms were dead."

Source: Washington Post, 04/07/2026

"Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk"

"Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations."

Source: NYTimes, 04/07/2026

Trump DOI To Rejoin Drilling Agencies Separated After 2010 Gulf Oil Spill

"The Trump administration said Friday it is combining two agencies that were separated in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The Interior Department said the overhaul would increase efficiency and speed up permitting for offshore oil and gas drilling."

Source: AP, 04/06/2026

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