Natural Resources
ESA BASED RULING GIVES JUDGE AUTHORITY TO CURTAIL HYDRO-POWER GENERATION
On By Steve Busch
On February 25th, 2026, a U.S. District Court in Oregon issued a ruling that will significantly affect dam operations in the Pacific Northwest. The eight dams impacted include four on the Columbia River…. Bonneville, the Dalles, McNary, and John Day, plus four on the Snake River….Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite.
Department of Natural Resources Wants to Commoditize Our "Natural Processes" - Again
By Cindy Alia 1/27/26
In yet another attempt, the majority party in Olympia and the Department of Natural Resources seek to commoditize and sell the "Natural Processes" of our lands they are tasked with managing.
Not just taxing the air you breathe, but selling it as well!
Forest Practices Board Yields to Ecology Over-reach on Non Fish Bearing Stream Tempuratures
By Cindy Alia 1/16/26
Ecology's unsurprising over-reach in interpreting incorrectly a federal law about stream tempuratures applying it to non fish bearing streams thereby expanding no touch buffers in forestry.
Credit to Washington Forest Protection Association
Forest Landowners Litigate Forest Practice Board Decision that Ignores Cost-Effective Solutions
"GLOBAL TROPHIC CASCADES" - OSU Offers a Course in Propaganda
By Guest Columnist, Steve Busch, July 14, 2019
