A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley
It sounds like a joke but it isn’t: From now on anyone wanting to build anything in the designated 100-year-flood zone in Albany will have to prove that the work won’t harm endangered species including salmon, sturgeon, smelt and killer whales.
New Albany rule: Don’t harm killer whales
It sounds like a joke but it isn’t: From now on anyone wanting to build anything in the designated 100-year-flood zone in Albany will have to prove that the work won’t harm endangered species including salmon, sturgeon, smelt and killer whales.
Tags: endangered species, ESA, FEMA, killer whales, listed species, salmon, threatened species