U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) today announced that a joint Community Project Funding request they had supported to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and other native fish species within the Columbia River system from sea lion predation, has been approved for $892,000. The House Appropriations Committee — Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies included the funding request as part of its Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bil...
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Jaime Herrera Beutler hailed an announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today that it had granted final authorization of lethal sea lion removal in the Columbia River, made possible by Herrera Beutler’s bipartisan legislation signed into law in 2018. “Today marks an important milestone in the bipartisan effort I’ve led to protect our endangered salmon and steelhead runs in the Northwest. With NOAA’s approval of these permits, wildlife managers can now finally t...
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Today, Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dan Newhouse, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement after the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was released for the Columbia River System Operations. “Our constituents understand the important role the Federal Columbia River Power System plays for our way-of-life – in fact, we have always said that our rivers and the benefits they provide are the lifeblood of our region,” Reps. Herrera Beutler, Newhouse and McMorris Rodgers said...
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Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated that it anticipates that applications for sea lion removal, made possible by Herrera Beutler’s successful legislation, will reach a determination by fall 2020. Responding to Herrera Beutler’s formal request to anticipate and avoid delays in its approval process of applications for expanded sea lion removal in the Columbia River and its tributaries, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Regional Administrator Barry Thom laid out a t...
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler sent a letter formally pressing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to take action that would mitigate any complications, COVID or otherwise, that could delay implementation of her legislation to expand lethal sea lion removal in the Columbia River and its tributaries.
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Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) led the introduction of the Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act (Fishery FUNDD Act), which aims to improve the federal fishery disaster process and ensure more timely disaster relief for impacted communities.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler helped secure strong funding to protect and expand Pacific salmon habitat and boost hatchery production of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River system in the year-end spending package the U.S. House passed this week.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Kamala Harris (D-CA), and U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), Greg Walden (R-OR-2), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), and Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) today in announcing a major, bipartisan victory for West Coast trawlers in the 2020 spending bill that passed the U.S. House today.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) yesterday secured $30 million to implement the newly ratified Pacific Salmon Treaty and $25 million to support Mitchell Act hatchery activities, an over $4 million increase, in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill. The bill, which was approved today by the Appropriations Committee 30 to 22, funds the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other related agencies.
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U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) announcement that it will designate $5.252 million for construction of a new community and nature center in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Herrera Beutler has been working closely with the agency to prioritize the project, as well as appropriating strong funding for the agency’s maintenance account.
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