Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled the federal government out of the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement — a deal struck in 2023 by the Biden administration between two states and four Indigenous nations aimed at restoring salmon populations and paving a way to remove four hydroelectric dams along the river system. The move is likely to revive decades-old lawsuits and further endanger already struggling salmon populations.

President Trump continued his assault on America’s wild, public lands this week, directing Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to rescind the longstanding rule protecting the nation’s roadless backcountry.