Idaho Water Board probably ends 10 year battle over Oneida Narrows dam- Oneida Narrows is a scenic canyon on the Bear River in SE Idaho. It is already partially filled […]
Tea Party ruins big agreement to restore the Klamath River and settle long term nasty dispute
Agreement ending 100 years of fighting over the uses of the Klamath River’s waters falls to a group of local malcontents- After many years of fighting over salmon, dams, irrigation […]
Dams torn down and after a hundred years salmon and steelhead immediately begin to spawn
Earlier this year two dams on the Elwha River in Washington state that had blocked migration of salmon and steelhead for over a hundred years were finally removed. Within just months […]
The collapse of the world’s fisheries, a visual guide.
The World Wildlife Fund has published a map that shows how intensively our oceans are being fished in comparison to 1950. The map is pretty startling and, with a rapidly […]
Basin Creek, Little Lost River Drainage. Lost because of livestock
A disgrace for the Salmon Challis National Forest Basin Creek is a headwater tributary of the Little Lost River drainage in Idaho. It was home to bull trout and had […]
Red meat, especially processed red meat, discovered to up the risk of heart trouble and cancer
Red meat mortality study causes stir- Today many people are emailing and posting to Facebook the just released study telling that “Red Meat Consumption is Linked to Increased Risk of […]
Two-headed fish and more. Controversial report issued on effects of giant phosphate mine on the Idaho-Wyoming border
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 […]
Just one generation in a salmon hatchery ruin salmon for thriving in the wild
Most people know the inspiring story of the salmon. Hatched in the gravel of a rushing mountain stream, the smolts are pulled by the waters downstream past logjams, lethal crevices […]