USFWS 12-month Review Underway to assess status of Lake Sammamish Kokanee
In May 2008, the USFWS published notice that it would undertake further review of the status of Lake Sammamish kokanee following receipt of a listing petition submitted by Trout Unlimited and a number of public and private partners groups. The agency solicited feedback from the public as a part of this review which should be complete in early 2009.
Read TU comments on the 90-day finding (July 7, 2008 - PDF/0.2 MB)
Washington State's 'Forgotten Salmon' One Step Closer to Protection
The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the petition filed in July by TU and a broad coalition of fishing, conservation and governmental organizations to protect Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon under the Endangered Species Act carries sufficient information to merit a one-year review of the landlocked sockeye salmon's status. The USFWS will spend the next year gathering information to make its final listing decision. Lake Sammamish lies just west of Seattle. The kokanee are native to the lake, and their populations have plummeted to dangerously low levels in recent years due to loss of spawning habitat and development pressures.
Chapter update (May 5, 2008)
US Fish & Wildlife Service press release (May 5, 2008)
Petitioner's press release (May 6, 2008)
Federal register notice (May 6, 2008)
Trout Unlimited Petitions for Endangered Species Act Protection of Lake Sammamish Kokanee
On July 9, 2007, Trout Unlimited petitioned the USFWS for protection of Lake Sammamish's struggling native population of kokanee. Joining the petition were co-petitioners People for Puget Sound, Save Lake Sammamish, the Wild Fish Conservancy, the Snoqualmie Tribe, City of Issaquah and King County.
Read the petition (July 9, 2007 - PDF/0.7 MB)
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