March 19, 2024
A Washington hydroelectric company insists it is not disobeying a court order to remove part of a temporary rock dam that harms migrating fish, telling a federal judge that a tribe's alternative is not structurally sound and cannot be permitted.
March 05, 2024
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is urging a Washington federal judge to reject a hydroelectric company's bid to pause an order directing it to remove part of a temporary rock dam on the Puyallup River, saying any delay would harm protected salmon only to spare the company from its own self-inflicted problems.
February 26, 2024
A hydroelectric company appealing to the Ninth Circuit is asking a Washington federal judge to stay an order that directed it to remove part of a temporary rock dam on the Puyallup River, saying the order would require it to make changes that are likely to damage its facility.
February 16, 2024
A Washington federal judge on Friday said a hydroelectric company must remove part of a rock dam structure killing endangered wild salmon, but the judge declined to order complete removal, saying it went beyond a narrowly tailored remedy zeroing in on what is harming fish.
February 06, 2024
A Washington federal judge is planning a field trip to a rock dam and sheet pile wall on the Puyallup River that a Washington tribe says is harmful to endangered wild salmon, saying Tuesday from the bench that it's been difficult to see "what's going on out there" from photos and courtroom arguments.
January 19, 2024
The operator of a dam on the Puyallup River near Seattle has asked a Washington federal court to dismiss a Native American tribe's claims about future construction of a hydroelectric project that may endanger fish, saying it is wrongly attempting to challenge operations that don't yet exist.
January 04, 2021
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has hit the operators of a dam on the Puyallup River near Seattle with a suit in Washington federal court, claiming the project violates the Endangered Species Act by killing chinook salmon and other fish.