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Spring Chinook runs…disappointing (but unsurprising) declines continue
Now is our chance to let the Biden Administration know it is time to act. As the spring Chinook salmon migration nears its end in much of the Snake River basin, it is time to reflect on what was and was not. In February, fisheries managers forecasted 85,900 spring Chinook salmon would return to the…
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Cooling Trout Rivers in a Warming Climate
Dam removals offer hope for coldwater trout in the face of climate change. For Bryan Burroughs, dam removals are the key to trout habitat restoration in the face of climate change. They have the potential to cool long stretches of river even more than climate change is expected to warm them over the coming decades. …
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Snake River Flows Secured, For Now
Near the dramatic jagged peaks of the Teton mountains sits Jackson Lake Dam. Built in the early 1900s by the Bureau of Reclamation to control lake levels for irrigation in Idaho and reduce flooding for a rising local population, Jackson Lake Dam drives water into the Snake River and its interconnected aquatic ecosystem. The Snake…
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Extraordinary measures
TU and partners sue Pacific Gas and Electric to restore California’s third largest river and its legendary salmon and steelhead fisheries. The Eel River, the beating heart of California’s Lost Coast, was historically one of the most productive rivers for salmon and steelhead in America. Today, however, the Eel’s anadromous fish populations are severely depressed…
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Empowered: Lights out for wild salmon
Salmon in the Snake River Basin must navigate eight major dams between the Pacific Ocean and Idaho. Four on the Columbia River and four on the Snake. Removal of the four Snake River dams could help quickly declining wild salmon populations recover, which is why there is significant momentum behind the growing effort to remove…
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Dams Complicate Fish Migration
Science shows downstream passages wreak havoc on migratory fish Anadromous fish have it rough. Not only do these fish swim miles and miles from their natal streams out to the ocean to grow while surviving its many predators and then swim all the way back to spawn, but we also throw dams in their way…
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A new TU hire is ready for action in D.C.
Get to know Lindsay Slater, TU vice president for government affairs Lindsay Slater joined Trout Unlimited last week as our new vice president for government affairs after a distinguished career as chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID). Slater was instrumental in the Columbia Basin Initiative proposing to remove four dams on the…
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