Indian Tribe Claims Hydroelectric Project is Harming Endangered Fish
Agriculture your username December 31, 2020 The Puyallup Tribe of Indians challenged an Electron hydroelectric project on Washington’s Puyallup River on Wednesday in the Western District of Washington. The plaintiff claimed in the complaint that Electron Hydro, Thom A. Fischer (a director of the project), and Tollhouse Energy Company have unlawfully taken various fish which are “threatened with extinction” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Puyallup Tribe purported that the defendants are breaching the ESA by continuing to maintain, operate, and renovate their Electron hydroele...