Fish
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Central Idaho threatened/endangered fish habitat is threatened by public land livestock grazing. Federal managers drag their feet. WWP threatens to file suit. Many folk don’t realize the impact to native fisheries habitat that livestock grazing can and does have. The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other land and wildlife management agencies work diligently to avoid…
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Dam breaching an option to protect salmon, a U.S. District judge says – Idaho Stateman It’s looking like judges, relatively speaking, are more apt to uphold the law and insist that the right thing be done, even when both parties feel it more politically prudent to try to wiggle around it. Too bad we can’t…
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No. That’s a story line intended for the media. The reality is more prosaic- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has just made a controversial decision to make a big reduction in pelicans at Idaho’s two pelican nesting colonies. They are at Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge on the Snake River and Blackfoot River Reservoir in…
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Notice: for those who want to comment on this, the comment period has been extended until noon on May 12, 2009. You can also provide oral testimony to the Fish and Game Commission the evening or the 13th. The Fish and Game Commission meeting begins at 7:00PM in the ISU Student Union Bldg – Big…
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Judge Lodge mandates a “status review” for rare whitefish. Major impacts expected if fish is listed- Judge orders protection review for Idaho fish. By Todd Dvorak. Associated Press Writer. Judge rules in favor of whitefish. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told to reconsider ESA listing for Mackay area fish…
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Poisonous legacy of phosphate mining in SE Idaho not contained- One issue I wish folks would follow most closly is the massive contamination of soil and water by phosphate mining in the big Western phosphate field centered in SE Idaho. The one organization working hard on this and doing a good job is the Greater…
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U.S. District Court Judge James A. Redden tells Federal Government to come up with backup plan to breach dams. Judge faults gov’t plan to save Pacific NW salmon Associated Press The four dams on the lower Snake River, Lower Granite Dam, Little Goose Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, and Ice Harbor Dam, were originally built for…
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Idaho Board of Environmental Quality Won’t Even Vote for Voluntary Rules. Barker: Industry rolls over mercury initiative . Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman Mercury is an element that does not degrade to anything less harmful. It causes developmental problems in children and unborn fetuses and it accumulates in fish and other food sources making them unsafe…