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The decline and fall of salmon

November 15, 1993

Logging, hydropower and fishing contribute to the decline of salmon in Oregon waters.

Feature

The decline and fall of salmon
Logging, hydropower and fishing contribute to the decline of salmon in Oregon waters.
Paul Koberstein Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
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Sidebar

Western governers want help
Governors from Idaho, Washington, California and Oregon ask the President to design a strategy to restore declining salmon runs.
Paul Koberstein Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Groups blast recovery plan for four salmon runs
A Snake River Chinook Recovery Team plan to truck salmon downstream does more to protect hydropower than fish, critics say.
Paul Koberstein Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition

News

Clinton's forest plan draws 83,000 responses
Clinton's Option 9 forest plan draws fire from all sides after the April Forest Summit.
Paul Koberstein Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Don't drink the water
The Central Arizona Project experiences more glitches in Tucson.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
I'll take that
A hunter abandons a bull elk after a grizzly arrives on the scene.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Miners drop 490,000 claims to avoid fees
A mining reform implemented by Congress and enforced by the BLM causes miners to abandon 50 percent of their claims.
Todd Hinnen Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
The return of the Cheyenne skulls brings a bloody Western story to a close
The return of Cheyenne skeletal remains recalls their 1879 massacre.
Andrew L. Giarelli Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Two "miners" may be seeking to shaft into U.S. Treasury
Two Oregon miners may have staked a claim to pressure the feds to buy them out.
David Frey Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Did Grizzlies fleece rancher?
Wyoming rancher blames a grizzly for his loss of over 200 sheep.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Robertson out, Unger in, Thomas in limbo
Clinton selects replacements for the Chief and Associate Chief of the Forest Service.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Wilderness is ransomed
Forester Elizabeth Estill approves a controversial land trade that gives Tom Chapman 107 acres near Telluride in exchange for his 240-acre inholding in the West Elk Wilderness.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Methadone helped kill Leroy Jackson
An autopsy reveals traces of methadone in Navajo activist Leroy Jackson's blood.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Recall defeated in Utah
Members of the Grand County Council beat back a recall vote, despite a well-financed campaign.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Senate dukes it out with Babbitt
Western senators and ranchers are trying to kill Babbitt's grazing reform package.
Steve Hinchman Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
A Cherokee charade
Harley "Swift Deer" Reagan's Cherokee spiritual and sexual techniques are labeled counterfeit by the Cherokee Nation.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Death in Grand Canyon
Three people fall to their deaths in a four-day period at the Grand Canyon.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Interior settles refuge lawsuit
The Interior Department says it will stop grazing, motorboating and other secondary uses on the nation's wildlife refuges.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
A timely solution for the Hells Canyon river war
The Forest Service proposes a plan to appease jet-boaters and other river users in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
Steve Stuebner Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
More talk about wolves
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extends its deadline for public comment on the wolf restoration project in Yellowstone.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Office bombed in Nevada
A bomb explodes at the Bureau of Land Management office in Reno.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition

Opinion

An open letter to Judge William Dwyer:
An environmentalist sends a plea to Judge William Dwyer to carefully consider the drawbacks of Option 9 in Clinton's forest plan.
Kelpie WIlson Opinion Essay Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
The Forest Service clings to an outmoded ideology
Jack Ward Thomas represents the reform-mindedness the U.S. Forest needs.
Ed Marston Opinion Essay Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Is the Gila pasture or wilderness?
A coalition of environmentalists pressures the Forest Service to control grazing and the Diamond Bar Ranch in the Gila Wilderness.
Steve Johnson Opinion Essay Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
In Montana, Logging Companies Cut, Run and Whine
A critic lambasts Champion Lumber for robbing his home state of its resource.
Dick Manning Opinion Essay Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
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