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Study: killing cormorants tripled losses of salmon & steelhead

February 12, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“This goes down as one of the really significant failures in wildlife management in recent decades.” PORTLAND, Oregon––Cormorant massacres at East Sand Island,  near the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington,  not only did not save any salmon and steelhead from predation in 2015 through 2017,  but may have tripled predation losses,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Sallinger, Dan Roby, James Lawonn, Karina Brown, Kris Lightner, Merritt Clifton

Why killing predators won’t bring back the salmon

February 5, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Gulls join sea lions,  seals,  & cormorants in the crosshairs             VICTORIA,  British Columbia;  PORTLAND, Oregon––Blaming seals and sea lions for declining salmon stocks,  Pacific Balance Pinniped Society founder Thomas Sewid is frustrated these days because,  Sewid posted to Facebook on January 23,  2019,  “My firearm possession and acquisition license is expired.  I cannot hunt […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Marine life, Meat issues, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Sallinger, Brenda Spence, Gillian Flaccus, Gord Jones, Jaime Pinkham, Jonathan Wilkinson, Merritt Clifton, Thomas Sewid

Frustrated fishers push to kill West Coast sea lions & seals

December 20, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Newly formed Pacific Balance Pinnipeds Society gives voice to anger             VANCOUVER,  B.C.;  PORTLAND,  Oregon––Removing a longtime irritant to the British Columbia wild salmon fishing industry––and a major economic competitor––the British Columbia government and First Nations have agreed to phase out 17 commercial salmon farms operated since 1987 by a company called Marine Harvest off […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Marine life, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Sallinger, Merritt Clifton, Tom Sewid

Feds illegally shot cormorants but can keep killing, judge rules

September 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Meat issues, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Audubon Society of Portland, Bob Sallinger, Judge Michael H. Simon, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi

Feds kill 2,400 cormorants but claim why colony fled nests is a mystery

May 23, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Sea lions are meanwhile killed upstream          PORTLAND,  Oregon––Hiring USDA Wildlife Services to kill double-crested cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River,  while other agencies killed sea lions beneath the Bonneville Dam,   nominally to protect chinook salmon runs on behalf of sport fishers,  the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 19,  2016 admitted […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Marine life, Seals, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Amy Echols, Bob Sallinger, Cassandra Profit, Dan Roby, Steve Hindi

Cormorant killers shoot the bird to D.C. judicial ruling

April 13, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Pretext for killing shot down in court          PORTLAND,  Oregon––Rushing to kill double-crested cormorants before opponents of the killing could get to court,  the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and USDA Wildlife Services on April 7,  2016 opened fire near East Sand Island,  near the mouth of the Columbia River. “Federal agents in boats are using […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: ALDF, Bob Sallinger, Merritt Clifton, PEER, Portland Audubon, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Stephen Wells

Cormorant massacre underway

September 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Bob Sallinger,  Audubon Society of Portland Further to my ANIMALS 24-7 posting of September 14,  2015,  Feds resume killing cormorants despite admitting “nesting population targets were met,  for the past two weeks, federal government employees from the Wildlife Services office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been shooting double-crested cormorants from a boat […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Letters, Marine life, Opinions & Letters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Sallinger, cormorants, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USDA Wildlife Services

Feds resume killing cormorants despite admitting “nesting population targets were met”

September 14, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 weeks. […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Letters, Marine life, Opinions & Letters, Wildlife Tagged With: Audubon Society of Portland, Bob Sallinger, Corps of Engineers, East Sand Island

Feds hid data showing that killing cormorants will not help salmon & steelhead

August 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Ignored own study in pushing cormorant massacre          PORTLAND,  Oregon––Obtaining U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service research showing that killing cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River would have no beneficial outcome for salmon and steelhead,  the Audubon Society of Portland,  Center for Biological Diversity,  Friends of Animals,  Animal Legal Defense Fund and Wildlife Center […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Kent Mckay, Bob Sallinger, Columbia River, cormorants, Linda R. wires, Merritt Clifton, Portland Audubon, salmon, steelhead, Steve Haeseker, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Barred owls on the hit list

August 11, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Feds say they compete with endangered northern spotted owls PORTLAND,  Oregon––Barred owls are on the federal hit list at 100 West Coast locations,  from San Francisco Bay to the Canadian border,  because conservationists more than 30 years ago opted to make the northern spotted owl the poster bird for forest conservation. Officially,  the U.S. Fish […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barred owls, Bob Sallinger, Friends of Animals, Lowell Diller, Merritt Clifton, Portland Audubon, spotted owls

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