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VICTORY! WELC Protects Endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon.
“After nearly six years of litigation, the parties have agreed to a plan that will help save the sturgeon,” said Geoff Hickox, an attorney from the Western Environmental Law Center.
After extensive negotiations, we have reached an important settlement agreement with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, the State of Montana, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bonneville Power Administration to protect the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon. Threatened by dam operations, water quality degradation and loss of habitat, the sturgeon was listed as endangered on September 6, 1994. The adult population has been decreasing at an estimated rate of 9 percent per year. As a result of six years of negotiation, the sturgeon has a chance of survival.
Click here to read the press release about this groundbreaking settlement.