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Guaranteed: they will come back
Pacific salmon and steelhead connect the Pacific Ocean to the Sawtooth mountains and persist at 1-2 percent of their historic numbers. Their decline precisely parallels the construction of the four lower Snake River dams
Editor’s note: This is the sixth and final installment in a series of articles showing that removing four dams on the lower Snake River is the last, best hope for wild Snake River salmon and steelhead. Wild Snake River salmon and steelhead are on the brink of extinction, but we can bring these incredible fish…
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Lower Snake River dam removal is a golden key, if not a silver bullet
Salmon return to the Columbia River in this 2104 photo of the fish viewing window at Bonneville Dam, the first of eight dams salmon and steelhead from the Snake River basin must pass on their way home to spawn. Removing the four dams on the lower Snake River would give these migratory fish a fighting…
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Trout Unlimited expands Alaska’s knowledge of fish habitat
A juvenile coho salmon from a small, previously undocumented stream on Douglas Island, Alaska. By Mark Hieronymus For the diehard fish nerd, spring is a wonderful time in Alaska. The days get longer and (slightly) warmer, the fresh waters around the state shed their winter cloaks and start to flow again, the fish start to bite, and…
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The Snake River basin is a climate-change refuge for migrating salmon and steelhead
A free-flowing Snake River is what's needed to help migrating salmon and steelhead reach the cold waters of the upper river basin. Eric Crawford photo. But four dams on the lower river must come out so salmon and steelhead can use it The equation is simple. It’s hot. It’s going to get hotter, which is…
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TU buying water right on Rogue River tributary
Historic mill key to native fish recovery in Rogue River basin Oregon’s Rogue River is one of the most famous salmon and steelhead fisheries in the West. But these and other native fishes in this watershed are struggling. Water diversions, climate change and other factors have diminished many freshwater fish populations to the extent that…
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Pride of Bristol Bay – great salmon, great cause, great deal
I've seen a lot of important conservation campaigns come and go. None have been more important than our Save Bristol Bay work. For more than a decade, Trout Unlimited and a cast of thousands have been at the forefront of the successful campaign to stop the proposed Pebble Mine. The decision to deny that the…
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The West is full of great rivers to float
Didn't draw a lottery permit? No problem It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, I’m not referencing the holiday season in December. I’m talking about river permit season. Most have chosen their dates meticulously with groups of people on rivers like the Smith, the Green, the Yampa, the San Juan and the list…
