PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a win for a coalition of conservation groups, tribes and the states of Washington and Oregon, a federal judge on Wednesday partially granted their request for a preliminary injunction in a long-running lawsuit regarding the recovery of salmon in the Columbia Basin.
“For decades, the battle for the life of threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead has not been fought at the end of a hook and line, nor in the woven threads of a fishing net, nor even based on the appetites of sea lions, avian predators, or killer whales. Instead, the greatest battle has been waged in the courts,” U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, a Barack Obama appointee, wrote in a 47-page opinion.
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