trout
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Part 1 – History and Importance The sage steppe country of Nevada had always been a comfortable place for me because as children we were brought up to visit relatives in an old mining town in Elko County. A great place for kids to run around wild while the adults sat inside and talked. But…
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High angling pressure and spread of rainbow trout the problem- It’s not like fish have disappeared from the Beartooth Plateau or the streams of the nearby Absaroka Mountains, but the fisheries accessible without a long walk or pack trip are in decline. The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River rises far up in the Beartooth…
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Madison and most of the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers to close- The Gibbon River is above 73 degrees F. and the Firehole is 78 degrees. This is too high for trout to survive for long especially with people wading and fishing. As a result the streams close to fishing tomorrow (except for some well upstream…
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Simplot Company report to justify lower water quality standards provokes big controversy- Anglers don’t like pulling fish off their lure that look like mutant monsters. The accusation that selenium poisoning from the Smoky Canyon phosphate mine is killing fish, creating awful deformities, and being picked up into the ecosystem in general has greeted a 700-page draft…
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Total victory for Western Watersheds Project and Advocates for the West in four grazing allotments- Idaho’ federal judge Ed Lodge rarely rules in favor of conservation groups, but the defective job the BLM did on these 4 grazing allotments provoked a complete victory for WWP and an strong rebuke to the manager of the BLM’s…
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Lake at the base of Steens Mountain to be poisoned and restocked with trout- Goldfish invade Eastern Oregon trout lake. Associated Press
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Here is the final outcome of the trial we posted about — the one on the Georgia father and son who left a dying horse and abused others in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Ravalli County jury finds Georgia men guilty of abusing horses on wilderness trip. Missoulian. They were convicted.
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This is the second good Administration wildlife decision in recent days- The other one is the protection of the jaguar. Feds Propose Expanding Bush’s Bull Trout Habitat. Fish and Wildlife proposes another reversal of Bush policy, this time on bull trout habitat. By Jeff Bernard. AP Environmental Writer
