September 01, 2016
An Oregon federal judge on Thursday refused to block a plan to cull double-crested cormorants in the Pacific Northwest to save endangered salmonid populations, but said the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should have considered alternatives.
April 21, 2015
Five conservation and animal welfare groups on Monday urged an Oregon federal court to halt a bid to boost struggling salmon populations by killing thousands of double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River Basin, arguing that changes to hydroelectric dam management hold greater promise.