A day before his agency issued sweeping regulations to protect threatened salmon and steelhead in California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington, Will Stelle was matter-of-fact about the likely reaction: litigation.
As northwest regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, he's been in the hot seat for years as the region has struggled to reverse the devastation visited upon native fish species by dams, farming, urban development, road construction, logging, water diversions, and co...
