Fish
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Four sockeye swim to Redfish from Pacific. By Greg Moore. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. 1,549 of the more numerous chinook salmon having been counted at the Sawtooth Hatchery near Stanley as of Sept. 4. Sept. 6 will be the last day of counting. Returning salmon numbers are down throughout the vast Columbia river system.…
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Craig has been just about enemy number one of preventing extinction of salmon runs in Idaho. Barker doesn’t say “enemy of salmon.” He takes the lighter, “leading defender of the BPA” (Bonneville Power Administration, which “wheels” the electricity from many of the salmon-killing dams on the Columbia River and the Snake River (both in the…
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I am reposting this because there were a lot of technical defects in my original post several days ago. Judge: Bush Official Faces Contempt of Court. By Jeff Bernard. Washington Post. “If found in contempt, Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, could go to jail until the Forest Service complies with…
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Folks will also recognize this as the canyon where the bear killed the Utah boy this summer. It is a very scenic and popular place. Story on removal of power plant on river. Salt Lake Tribune.
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Warren is a partial ghost town in Western Idaho. There is no longer any mining going on there. Much of the timber for miles around has burned in the last 20 years. Now it is threatened by the Zena/Loon Fire. Warm Lake, about 50 miles to the south of Warren may burn down too. It…
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In recent email Jim Robertson wrote the following (see below). It was so interesting I decided to post it (with his kind permission). My, but he has some great photographs! Ralph Maughan
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Rocky Barker’s blog: Nampa man blows up dam in Oregon to aid salmon. Idaho Statesman. Although I don’t write prolifically about salmon and steelhead (prized NW anadromous fish), their management and fate is one of the longest and divisive wildlife controversies in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. One of the major points of contention is the…
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With the record high temperatures in the Rocky Mountain and Intermountain West, the temperatures of trout streams are soaring above, sometimes far above, that which kills trout. It is plainly evident in Yellowstone Park. Heat kills fish in Yellowstone. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Yellowstone is more vulnerable than many mountain stream areas because the…