Results for keyword: Salmon
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Schooling, fish
Judge Jim Redden is right to push the Bush administration on salmon restoration, but fish may end up faring as poorly in courtrooms as San Francisco’s schoolchildren did after well-intentioned decisions on busing.
by John Mecklin, Jan 22, 2007 -
Salmon Justice
Judge Jim Redden has given the Bush administration an ultimatum: Submit a viable plan for salmon restoration, or face the possible removal of four dams on the lower Snake River.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 2007 -
River Redux
Six decades after Friant Dam killed off the San Joaquin River’s spring-run chinook, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Friant Water Users Authority are working with the federal government to restore both the fish and the river
by Matt Jenkins, Dec 11, 2006 -
Fishing ban will make us forget salmon
Fishing is not the reason behind the decline of the Northwest’s salmon; the desire for cheap hydroelectric power is
by Gina Knudson, Jun 12, 2006 -
Fishing ban will make us forget salmon
The writer fears that the fishing ban in coastal waters will make people forget their connection to salmon
by Gina Knudson, May 08, 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 -
Dam removal considered for Klamath
Farmers, environmentalists, fishermen and tribes are talking with PacifiCorp officials about the possible removal of four dams on the Klamath River
by Brett Wilkison, Apr 17, 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 -
Ocean fishing ban will be a drastic step
The writer sees a sad future for coastal towns if commercial salmon fishing is halted next month
by Seth Zuckerman, Mar 27, 2006 -
Fishermen blamed for salmon troubles
James Connaughton of the Bush administration’s Council on Environmental Quality says that fishing must be curtailed to save endangered salmon, but salmon advocates say dams are still the real threat to the fish
by Brett Wilkison, Mar 06, 2006
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