(EnviroNews Washington) — Olympia, Washington — On August 19, 2017, at least several thousand farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) escaped from a net pen off Cypress Island in Washington’s Puget Sound. In response, Washington Governor Jay Inslee has issued a moratorium, directing the Department of Ecology to put…
(EnviroNews Washington) — Olympia, Washington — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced October 19, 2016, that it would spare the remaining four members of the now demolished Profanity Peak Wolf Pack, after already having killed seven of its wolves (Canis lupus) to appease cattle ranchers.…