Letter to Senator Risch about sea lion predation
(WorldNews Environment)

Concerned about increasing predation by sea lions on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River, the Council supports bipartisan legislation introduced in the United States House and Senate to provide state agencies and Indian tribes more effective emergency options for protecting fish and fisheries from the small number of aggressive, individually identifiable sea lions. Full text of letter September 14, 2017 The Honorable James E. Risch United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Risch: The Northwest Power and Conservation Council strongly supports S.1702, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act. After witnessing the alarming increase in sea lion predation...