You know - the HS has their head up their backside.
Now I MIGHT be able to understand their reasoning if sea lions were still endangered or threatened.
But they’re getting to the point that they’re like feral cats! Too damn many! And the fact that they’re up at the dam only proves that! They’ve made a tremendous comeback.
But the salmon are seriously, seriously in decline. And the last time I checked, the health of the PNW is way more related to the salmon than it is to some stupid overfed sea lions.
You’re exactly right on every point. More sea lions have been showing up each year at Bonneville Dam feasting on the salmon at the bottleneck of the ladders.
The states and feds agreeing to this stay is outrageous. So someone broke the law by killing six sea lions, it wouldn’t matter if it was sixty, the illegal killing should have nothing to do with stopping the program that’s been fought for for several years.