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british columbia · 2012-07-11
Officials will mark the near completion of fish habitat at Wilson Farm at Colony Farm Regional Park with a celebration with the Kwikwetlem First Nation today. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO SHARE THIS STORY By Staff Writer - The Tri-City News Juvenile salmon will have more protected habitat to get a good start in life thanks to a $4 million habitat enhancement pro…
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british columbia · 2012-02-07
For Immediate Release, February 7, 2012 Contact: Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 669-7357 Alexandra Morton, Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society, (250) 974-7086 Chief Bob Chamberlin, Kwikwasu'tinuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation, (250) 974-8282 Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, (415) 561-5080 x 224 Petition Seeks In…
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habitat education · 2012-01-10
Future fisheries panel to meet today The 14-member Future Fisheries Improvement Program’s Citizen Review Panel will meet today at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in Helena, 1420 East Sixth Ave., beginning at 8:30 a.m. The panel will review project applications for the winter funding cycle and prepare recommendations that the FWP Commission will review in Ma…
Read field note →habitat education · 2012-01-04
Swimming against the current won’t be quite as hard for fish in parts of the Siuslaw basin thanks to a project that replaced 11 culverts on creeks southwest of Eugene. The culverts opened a passage to upstream habitat on three creeks that was effectively blocked by the old pipes. Buck, Hawley and Esmond creeks could start seeing runs of coho and chinook salm…
Read field note →salmon habitat 2 · 2011-12-29
Paul Chinn / The Chronicle A flock of birds flies over the Yolo Bypass near Woodland, where conservationists hope to restore ancient floodplains. IMAGES View All Images (5) Woodland, Yolo County Five acres of mud and rice stubble doesn't look much like fish habitat , but the rectangular patch of summertime cropland is in the process of being converted to a t…
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fishing · 2011-12-06
The News-Review If the fish only knew all of the work taking place on their behalf, they'd likely be amazed. They also might be pleased to know that their needs have put people to work at a time when jobs are tough to come by. Nearly 60 miles up the North Umpqua River from Roseburg, a huge effort is under way to increase and improve the habitat for the steel…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-06
Oil spill stains urban miracle in Colquitz Creek Three-year-olds Anabelle Irvine Topping, left, and Cyrus Lessard, from Playtime Preschool, get a close look at a spawned out male Coho salmon, held by volunteer Dorothy Chambers, during a visit to the fish counting fence in Cuthbert Holmes Park last Thursday. Don Denton/News staff “This is a teenager, a Jack” …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERSThis photo from the 1930s shows the 750-foot-long dike that dammed off the east channel of the Sandy River near its mouth. The structure today is not readily recognizable, as it is covered in silt with rock laid on top. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to remove the dike next summer. It seemed like a good idea 73 year…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
Three irrigation districts are blaming the federal Bureau of Reclamation for failing to adjust water releases from New Melones Reservoir to protect spawning Chinook salmon in the Stanislaus River. The districts contend the federal agency failed to heed their repeated warnings to more aggressively reduce reservoir storage throughout the year. As a result of h…
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