With 15 runs of salmon federally listed as threatened or
endangered, a conservation group, Long Live the Kings, hopes
hatchery reform can help save wild stocks of fish.
Magazine

June 10, 2002
With 15 runs of salmon federally listed as threatened or endangered, a conservation group, Long Live the Kings, hopes hatchery reform can help save wild stocks of fish.
Feature
Sidebar
A brief explanation of the life and reproductive cycles of
a salmon.
Indian tribes use hatchery reform methods to train
hatchery fish to behave like wild salmon.
Essays
An essay from the author's book, "The Desert Cries," in
which he tours Antelope Canyon, where a flood once took the lives
of hikers.
Writers on the Range
The writer warns readers to be wary of organizations'
names, which can be deceiving as to their missions.
Heard Around the West
Drought in Colorado; cows on waterbeds in Oregon; citizen
remedies LA freeway sign; Casper police officer places lost gun ad;
Univ. of Ariz. president won't let grads toss tortillas; doggie
powwow Jackson, WY; Libertarian candidate Steve Gothard fears
Was
Dear Friends
Associate editor Rebecca Clarren plans to move back to the
Northwest; books from Island Press; Chip Giller's on-line magazine,
"Grist"; HCN's upcoming potluck at Park City, Utah; Albuquerque
cemetery.
News
The Bush administration wants to permanently install user
fees for recreation on public lands, but opponents are speaking
out.
Boise, Idaho, open space; BLM to auction cattle near Elko,
Nev.; DOJ intervenes in W.R. Grace's asbestos disaster bankruptcy
in Libby, MT; ATV trail in Utah to be named after Rep. Jim
Hansen.
Controlling the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer
and elk has developed into a major problem for Department of
Wildlife officials in Colorado, with critics appalled at the
agency's slaughter of the animals.
The Duwamish Tribe, seeking federal recognition, has been
rebuked by the Bush administration, due to a technical glitch in
paper work by the outgoing Bureau of Indian Affairs
director.
Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles is accused by
environmentalists of conflict of interest in his encouragement of
coalbed-methane drilling in the Powder River Basin.
In its attempt to eradicate cheatgrass in Idaho, the BLM
contaminated crops with the herbicide, Oust, which led to a lawsuit
stopping the spraying, while the weed continues to
spread.
Letters
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