Judge holds that inability to resurrect dead fish trumps inability to resurrect dead birds PORTLAND, Oregon––Rendering a long-awaited verdict on the legality of killing double crested cormorants to protect salmon spawning runs on the Columbia River, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon on August 31, 2016 ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]
Feds resume killing cormorants despite admitting “nesting population targets were met”
by Bob Sallinger, conservation director, Audubon Society of Portland Last week the federal government resumed killing double-crested cormorants on East Sand Island in the Columbia River Estuary. Federal agents in boats used shotguns to kill 200 cormorants near the island. The Corps has indicated that it intends to continue killing cormorants in the coming […]
Conservation gets the bird at East Sand Island
PORTLAND, Oregon––Federal District Judge Michael Simon on May 8, 2015 allowed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and USDA Wildlife Services to go full speed ahead to kill 3,489 double-crested cormorants, 105 Brandt’s cormorants, and 10 pelagic cormorants at East Sand Island in 2015 alone, along with destroying 5,879 […]