SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coalition of fishing, farming and environmental groups is filing a lawsuit to stop the state's plan to manage the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The goal of the "Delta Plan" is to provide more water to cities and farms, while also restoring the ecosystem of the Delta. However ...Read More

SEATTLE – The Environmental Protect Agency is being urged to do a better job of considering the effects that pesticides have on endangered fish and wildlife. The EPA is responsible for approving pesticides for use. A National Academy of Sciences expert panel released a report this week that ...Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Spring showers are the norm in Ohio, but experts say extremely heavy rainfall is actually causing threats to the health of Lake Erie. Using the Maumee River as a case study, a report from the National Wildlife Federation shows how more frequent and heavy storms are exacerbating farm ...Read More

SEATTLE - Tens of millions of barrels a year: that's how much crude oil is projected to be rolling by rail to Washington state under a proposal that's being challenged by local tribes and community groups. According to Tyson Johnston, First Councilman with the Quinault Indian Nation, his tribe wan ...Read More

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Two Oregon conservation groups say they intend to sue the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation for mismanaging water in the Klamath Basin. Oregon Wild and WaterWatch of Oregon are charging that the federal agency has moved ahead with a new water management p ...Read More

MONTEREY, Calif. – Go slow for the sea otter. That's what some Central Coast groups are asking anglers to do as they head into Monterey Bay. Recreational salmon season opens this weekend, and wildlife experts are concerned speeding boats could put the threatened marine mammals in harm's way, ...Read More

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Starting this month, water samples will be scooped out of streams every week around the state to test for the presence of farm chemicals potentially harmful to fish and people. It's a joint project of the Washington State Departments of Agriculture and Ecology. The last few years of ...Read More

EATONVILLE, Wash. - Spring is coming, and in one western Washington town, that means revving up the backhoes to dig in the dirt with the neighbors. Residents of Eatonville already have installed dozens of rain gardens, as part of the town's goal to stop all polluted runoff from reaching their water ...Read More