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Salmon Spawning Above White Salmon’s Condit Dam First Time In 100 Years
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Where there's a way there's the will to spawn -- as tule chinook salmon are proving in the gravels of southwest Washington's White Salmon River.
Researchers in recent weeks have identified about 69 salmon redds in reaches above the river's Condit Dam. The salmon eggs likely nested in those gravels are the first deposited above the dam in nearly 100 years.
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Proposal: More Terminal Fisheries, Less Mainstem Nets; Commercial Gill-Netters Say Not Fair, Feasibl
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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A newly devised strategy to move gill-net fisheries off the Columbia River mainstem would bring benefits to all, including the commercial fishing fleet, according to its proponents.
Columbia River commercial fishers don't buy it.
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USFWS Recommends Changes For Fed Hatcheries In Clearwater, Salmon Drainages
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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Changes ranging from the replacement of existing water supplies, to shifting species emphasis to better localizing broodstocks are among the recommendations contained in a draft report on the operation of three federal hatcheries in Idaho's Clearwater and Salmon drainages.
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Agencies Seek Lake Pend Oreille Drawdown Scenarios To Aid Kokanee, Bull Trout
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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The spawning behavior of kokanee this year will dictate how fast and how far north Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille will be drawn down.
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Montana Goes Netting To Reduce Invasive Species Threatening Bull Trout, Kokanee
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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A three-week netting project on Montana's Swan Lake is complete, turning up more than 3,700 lake trout and giving biologists the ability to estimate the overall population of the invasive species in the lake.
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Assessment Details Decline, Extinction Risks To British Columbia Sockeye Subpopulations
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature this week placed Pacific sockeye salmon on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The Red List is the international standard for measuring species' risk of extinction.
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Bi-State Fisheries Group To Hold Meeting on lower Columbia Catch-Sharing Plan
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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A new bi-state fisheries advisory group will hold a public meeting Oct. 15 in Portland to develop recommendations on a catch-sharing plan for sport and commercial salmon fisheries on the lower Columbia River.
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NW Energy Efficiency Taskforce Workgroups Offer Preliminary Recommendations
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Friday, October 10, 2008 (PST) |
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Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce workgroups last week presented preliminary recommendations aimed at addressing climate change concerns, growth in regional population along with rising energy consumption, and escalating costs for new power sources.
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Climate, Streamflow Predictions For Winter 2008-2009? Hard To Say
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Friday, October 03, 2008 (PST) |
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Two years ago "El Nino" signals stood out. Last fall it was "La Nina."
And for this year?
La Nada, according to forecasters gathered Thursday to discuss how forecasted climate conditions for the winter of 2008-2009 may affect regional climate and streamflow conditions in the Columbia River Basin and western Washington and Oregon in the summer of 2009.
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Washington Joins Feds' Side In BiOp Case; Agencies 'Have Done What We Asked Them To Do'
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Friday, October 03, 2008 (PST) |
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The state of Washington this week officially joined the legal defense of the latest federal Columbia/Snake river hydro system salmon protection plan.
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