Partly in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s determination
that Washington’s current "Forest Practice Rules" jeopardize
salmonids, the state’s Forest Practices Board this week approved a new
emergency rule designed to protect endangered steelhead in the Columbia
River Basin.

The new emergency rule, approved on a divided voice vote, is aimed at
protecting Washington’s Upper Columbia steelhead, Snake River steelhead
and Lower Columbia steelhead, all of which …