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Save the seals.  Congress is trying to shoot its way to salmon recovery

Posted on July 22, 2026August 3, 2026 By Ali Gaster
Save the seals.  Congress is trying to shoot its way to salmon recovery
Conservation, News, Policy, Science

Let’s not mince words: current federal ocean conservation policy is a cocktail of chaos and disaster, with a generous sprinkle of incompetence. Following a brutal stretch of legislative and regulatory rollbacks (including the completely indefensible bureaucratic magic trick of removing habitat destruction from the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm”) Capitol Hill decided to double … Read More “Save the seals.  Congress is trying to shoot its way to salmon recovery” »

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