Conservation

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The Sportsmen’s Act may have been killed earlier this week, but don’t nail the coffin shut just yet. Sen. Jeff…»

The entire Turneffe Atoll has been declared a marine preserve by the government of Belize, thanks in large part to the hard work of Craig Hayes, owner of Turneffe Flats lodge, and by the Turneffe Atoll Trust. Anna Purnell photo

  The Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve was enacted on Tuesday (9/25/12) by the Hon. Lisel Alamilla, Belize’s Minister of Forestry,…»

Freshwaters Illustrated, a Northwest-based organization dedicated to providing the pubic with an understanding of freshwater ecology, made this superb new…»

The Native Fish Society filed suit this week in federal court against the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Oregon…»

The Elwha River.  Image courtesy of the Wild Steelhead Coalition

Here’s some good news, hot off the digital press, from the Elwha: According to the Wild Steelhead Coalition, “Non-native hatchery…»

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In 2003, I had just resigned from the board of a conservation organization that had pledged to protect the Upper Delaware River.  Up…»

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We’re all familiar with the efforts and successes of Trout Unlimited, which works to restore and protect trout habitat.  But…»

As long as the Susquehanna remains sick (see my last blog), it is hard to imagine a clean, healthy Chesapeake Bay. From:…»

Please take a couple minutes to complete this survey and help T.U. battle invasive aquatic species. https://survey.lilt.ilstu.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=m80H6553   T.U.’s web…»

From Shelley Dawicki at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Thirty of 150 Atlantic salmon smolts tagged by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries…»

Map courtesy of USGS

Wild Fish Conservancy, The Conservation Angler, the Federation of Fly Fishers Steelhead Committee, and the Wild Steelhead Coalition filed a…»

Every once in a while, one of our political parties completely loses its mind on an issue.  This isn’t a…»

The pipeline's proposed route.  Image courtesy of Banktrack.org

As some of you might have read in the latest issue of Fly Fisherman, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada…»

http://www.somdnews.com/article/20120106/NEWS/701069896/1058/phillips-new-ceo-of-project-healing-waters&template=southernMaryland From the article: The Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing board of trustees recently selected Warren R. Phillips as its…»

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BTT, Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, is an organization dedicated to preserving thriving stocks of bonefish, tarpon and permit. Until recently,…»

Images courtesy of the Wild Salmon Center

The Wild Salmon Center is the only conservation organization working to save and restore salmon throughout their native range, from…»

Photo courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

OSU Professor Dr. Michael Blouin was quoted in the Oregonian story mentioned in yesterday’s Spey Today post stating, “In my…»

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Hatchery “broodstock” programs have for about a decade been heralded by fisheries managers in the Pacific Northwest as the solution…»

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The US Department of Energy recently approved a proposal to build a natural gas terminal in Coos Bay, OR, a…»

The Columbia River is among the world’s largest watersheds, so it’s no wonder that even devoted salmon and steelhead anglers…»

Written by Ted Venker on 09 November 2011 Commission vote reduces menhaden harvest for first time ever BOSTON, MA –…»

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From the Save the Delaware River web site: We are all gearing up for November 21st.  Yesterday we had a…»

If you’re interested in keeping up with the latest science and news in the international effort to recover our dwindling…»

If you want to join the fight to save native steelhead and salmon–especially if you want to help the Columbia…»

Of the four major killers of our native salmon and steelhead–hydroelectric dams, habitat degradation, over-harvest, and hatchery production–the latter causes…»