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On second thought, Mr. Cheney

Ted Williams finds it more than ironic that Dick Cheney -- a well-known foe of fish and rivers -- was invited to speak at a fly-fishing museum.

by Ted Williams, Jan 26, 2009
A River Once More

In Oregon, a revolutionary community alliance is working to put water – and steelhead trout – back into the Deschutes River

by Matt Jenkins, Oct 16, 2006
County and Forest Service bury the shovel

Elko County, Nev., has made an agreement with the Forest Service to end the long-running fight over a dirt road in Jarbidge Canyon on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

by Brett Wilkison, May 01, 2006
Hobby miners flock to public streams

Amateur gold prospectors are invading the West’s publicly owned streams, and environmentalists say the hobby’s popularity threatens fish and the environment

by Matthew Preusch, May 01, 2006
Columbia River dams revived

In Washington, tribes have been shut out of a plan for new Columbia River dams that are being touted as good for salmon as well as farmers

by Matt Jenkins, Apr 03, 2006
Trouble in the Delta

The San Francisco Bay-Delta Authority votes to disband, even as the Bay-Delta itself -- beset by high water exports, disappearing fish and declining water quality – may be dying

by Matt Jenkins, Feb 06, 2006
Tiny stream invaders may harm Western trout

The tiny New Zealand mud snails that are rapidly invading the West’s waters may pose a threat to the region’s trout

by Ray Ring, Feb 06, 2006
Lewis and Clark trout at 200

The writer hails the cutthroat trout, a fish that Lewis and Clark enjoyed eating 200 years ago

by Ben Long, Jul 11, 2005
Protecting the treaty, saving the fish

Kat Brigham of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla has devoted her life to fighting for tribal fishing rights and the survival of salmon on the Columbia River

by Tim Sullivan, May 16, 2005
Cows versus condos -- Northwest style

Some say that Washington’s Forests and Fish rules could be so hard on small timber farms that the owners are likely to sell out to development, to the detriment of salmon and other wildlife

by Lissa James, May 16, 2005

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Results for keyword: Fish

On second thought, Mr. Cheney

A River Once More

County and Forest Service bury the shovel

Hobby miners flock to public streams

Columbia River dams revived

Trouble in the Delta

Tiny stream invaders may harm Western trout

Lewis and Clark trout at 200

Protecting the treaty, saving the fish

Cows versus condos -- Northwest style

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