The fish is in serious trouble due to dams on the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers
The Pacific Lamprey had seen drastic declines in population over the last few decades and is quickly becoming a rare sight. Last year it was estimated that only 30,000 crossed Bonneville Dam, down from 350 million to 400 million […]
Continue Reading →Big surprise. Dams don’t matter?
Because they haven’t compared enough rivers, there are plenty of other hypothesis. I propose the Fraser River stocks do poorly because of all the disease breeding salmon farms the B.C. government has allowed between the mouth of the Fraser and the open ocean.
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Continue Reading →Of course, you can’t truly count them until they are in Idaho rivers, but so far a very strong run-
For those not familiar with the Columbia River and its tributaries, Bonneville Dam is first dam anadromous fish have to cross on the Columbia River on their journey home to spawn.
Continue Reading →EPA says Columbia River pollution levels “unacceptable risk to people, fish and wildife-
For those not familiar, the Columbia River is the major river of the Pacific Northwest. It and its tributaries drain almost all of Idaho, and Washington states, and western Montana. . . . much of Oregon and British Columbia too, plus the […]
Continue Reading →After the unexplained virtual disappearce of the salmon run in the Sacremento River after the best run in many years, the slow return of chinoock salmon into the Columbia has folks on edge.
Rocky Barker writes about it today. Idaho Statesman.
Update added April 11. Sharp Curb on Salmon Season. By FELICITY BARRINGER. […]
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