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Balancing fish and farms on a Washington estuary

A restoration effort at Fisher Slough in Washington's Skagit River Delta has encouraged cooperation between farmers and environmentalists - and might even help endangered chinook salmon.

by Eric Wagner, May 09, 2012
Tribes try selective fishing to boost catch without harming wild salmon

Washington's Colville Tribes experiment with selective fishing techniques and bring home more salmon than before.

by Dawn Stover, Dec 16, 2011
Rebuilding a river as Washington's Elwha dams come down

How much can we learn from restoring the Elwha River, after the two dams that block it are finally removed?

by Kim Todd, Sep 18, 2011
For steelhead, dirty water might be better than clean

A wastewater treatment plant provides nutrients that help endangered steelhead thrive in an Idaho stream.

by Amanda Peacher, Jul 11, 2011
A Nez Perce elder spreads love for lamprey

Nez Perce elder Elmer Crow teaches children and their parents to respect an uncharismatic parasitic fish, the lamprey.

by Amanda Peacher, Feb 09, 2011
Dust in the wind and the water

Dust storms are mucking up the Rocky Mountains' snowpack, but a few fish like the razorback sucker thrive in spring’s muddy waters.

by Paul Larmer, Jun 07, 2010
How not to save salmon

Ted Williams says killing fish, birds and sea lions to save endangered salmon is like drinking snake-oil elixir to cure a serious illness.

by Ted Williams, May 12, 2008
A river sacrificed

On Washington's Tieton River, an attempt to help one endangered fish, the spring chinook, has harmed another, the threatened steelhead.

by Gisela Telis, Dec 24, 2007
A political fish-kill is in the making

Ted Williams says the Bush administration is doing its best to kill off an endangered fish: Montana’s fluvial grayling.

by Ted Williams, Dec 03, 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