ELR Citation: 40 ELR 20037
No(s). 09-35531 (9th Circ. Dec 7, 2010)

The Ninth Circuit held that FWS' biological opinion addressing a hatchery project's impact on the bull trout in the Columbia River violates the ESA. Although the hatchery project is intended to mitigate a dam's impacts on Chinook salmon, it has seriously disrupted the migration and spawning activity...