Federal gov’t asks court to stop spill at Snake River dams, allow barging of salmon downstream

Feds want to barge salmon past Snake River dams

Warmer winters linked to spread of fungal tree-stunting disease that hurts timber industry

Climate seems to make tree-stunting disease worse

NOAA: Global warming contributes to threatened species listing of Pacific smelt

Pacific smelt listed as threatened; impact unclear

Study: Asian ozone pushing up background levels of smog component in western United States

Study links Asia to smog component in Western US

Fish and Wildlife proposes another reversal of Bush policy, this time on bull trout habitat

Feds propose expanding Bush’s bull trout habitat

Groups ask federal authorities to regulate commercial bumblebees to control disease

Groups seek regulation of bumblebee shipments

Sea lions that helped make SF Bay’s Pier 39 famous may be in Oregon, where food is better

Where did SF Bay’s sea lions go? Try Oregon Coast

NOAA proposes ocean critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles off West Coast

NOAA proposes habitat protection for sea turtles

Couple stranded in snow for 3 days after navigation system sends them down remote forest road

Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray

Forest Service rewriting Bush administration logging rule scrapped by federal judge

Forest Service rewriting Bush logging rule

Conservation group demands more action on endangered species listings

Group threatens lawsuit over 144 species

GRANTS Pass, Ore. — A conservation group is threatening to go to court if the Obama administration doesn’t start making progress on a backlog of endangered species listings.

Experiment in Northwest to test if killing aggressive barred owl helps protected spotted owl

Experiment to test killing 1 owl to help another