The recent article “Low Flows On Deschutes” highlights why irrigation is a significant threat to our river’s ecological integrity. https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/environment/sudden-drops-in-deschutes-river-worries-biologists/article_c0f8df66-e3df-11ea-8d00-53d8f511683c.html The majority of water removed from the Deschutes is used […]
Fire and Fish (Aquatic Ecosystems)
Looking down Cache Creek from Republic Pass, Yellowstone NP, WY One of the many excuses used to justify “thinning” and logging today is to preclude massive wildfires. Notwithstanding, there […]
Crooked River Water-Public Right vs. Private Profits
An article in the November 9th Bend Bulletin reported that due to low water reserves, the Bureau of Reclamation that controls water release from Prineville Reservoir may limit flows in […]
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 […]
Alaska congressionals lead fight against government approval of genetically engineered salmon
AquaBounty’s super salmon frighten salmon fishers, greens and some of the country’s brownest congressionals- They were created from a sterile Atlantic salmon female with a Chinook salmon growth hormone gene […]
Oceans: Jellyfish replace fish in overfished waters
Booming Jellyfish in Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean- Overfishing does not create waters with no fish. The vaccum is replaced by billions of jellyfish. Jellyfish story in Science Daily
National Forests to get $228-million of stimulus funds to fix forest roads and bridges
Idaho will get more than any other state- This could do a lot of good for water quality and fisheries if the money is used to replace culverts with bridges […]