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![Dispatches from the road: Look the other way](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-Teton-Wyoming.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Dispatches from the road: Look the other way
A trio of elk lumbered through Mammoth Campground in Yellowstone National Park. Drivers of dirt-caked cars and trucks hauling campers stopped short. Movement lower to the ground caught my attention.
![Feds sued for denying protections for threatened West Coast fisher](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-Fisher.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Feds sued for denying protections for threatened West Coast fisher
Natalie Hanson
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Environmental advocates claim in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Biden administration ignored the best available science by denying endangered species protections for some West Coast fishers.
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![Oregon water district prepared to fight conservationists to keep Winchester Dam](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-Oregon-dam-water.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Oregon water district prepared to fight conservationists to keep Winchester Dam
State agencies and conservation groups claim the Winchester Dam in Roseburg, Oregon, is hazardous and further endangering Coho salmon. Owners of the dam say accusations are fabricated.
![Wall Street suffers worst day of 2022 as inflation defies forecasts](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/09/dollars.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wall Street suffers worst day of 2022 as inflation defies forecasts
By the closing bell, the Dow closed down 1,276 points, a 3.9% fall for the day, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq losing 177 points and 632 points — declining 4.3% and 5.1% — respectively.
![North Dakota Supreme Court says yes to term limits measure on upcoming ballot](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-North-Dakota-Capitol.jpg?w=980&q=75)
North Dakota Supreme Court says yes to term limits measure on upcoming ballot
The decision comes after the North Dakota secretary of state noted several irregularities and disallowed the petition to move forward prompting the lawsuit from organizations in favor of term limits.
![California creates first industry-wide labor council for fast food employees](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-Employment-Food.jpg?w=980&q=75)
California creates first industry-wide labor council for fast food employees
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a one-of-a-kind labor bill giving the state's 550,000 fast food workers a seat at the table and bargaining power.
![Bull trout recovery fight flows back to Ninth Circuit](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/12/bull-trout-UFWS.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Bull trout recovery fight flows back to Ninth Circuit
A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday took up Montana conservation groups' six-year battle with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over what the groups say is a failure to develop adequate recovery plans for endangered bull trout.
![Oregon timber company looks to gut expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/08/attachment-Cascades-mountains.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Oregon timber company looks to gut expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Attorneys for an Oregon timber company asked a Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday to strike down then-President Barack Obama’s expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Ashland, Oregon.
![Lower Snake River dam removals now hinge on energy, irrigation replacements](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/05/snake-river-dam.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Lower Snake River dam removals now hinge on energy, irrigation replacements
Declining salmon also imperiled Indigenous tribes’ ability to fish for subsistence — a major condition of their agreements to cede their land to the U.S. government and a right guaranteed in the treaties memorializing those deals.
![Federal agency recommends removal of four lower Klamath River Dams](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/08/attachment-Dam.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Federal agency recommends removal of four lower Klamath River Dams
Friday’s environmental impact statement recommends the largest dam removal project in U.S. history to improve the environment and help restore endangered salmon populations.