Protection for Threatened Bull Trout Expanded in West

The Obama administration on Tuesday greatly expanded protections for waterways critical to the restoration of threatened bull trout, making it tougher for agencies to approve logging, mining and livestock grazing across a large swath of federal land in the West. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expanded the miles of streams, and acres of lakes and reservoirs protected as critical habitat for the fish, primarily on federal lands in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. Read more....Seattle Times