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Entries by El Guapo (8676)

Tuesday
Aug042015

Last-Ditch Plan Aims to Prevent First Drought Extinction of Native Fish 

Noah’s Ark supposedly provided shelter to animals from the rising floodwaters. But at a federal breeding site near Shasta Lake, Calif., the opposite is occurring: The tanks of Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery are providing refuge this summer for salmon nearly out of water. There, staffers are rearing the only insurance policy that the Sacramento River’s winter-run Chinook have against extinction: a living genetic bank of 1,035 baby fish, selected to reseed the population should it extinguish in the wild.

LINK (via:Scientific American)

Tuesday
Aug042015

Surfing Down The Man

Tuesday
Aug042015

Dead salmon, climate change and Northwest dams

Photo: Peteforsyth

Federal dam operators are breaking the law by allowing the Columbia River to reach lethally hot temperatures for salmon. Scientists report that 400,000 sockeye, 80 percent of the run, are dead or dying. Fishermen and conservation groups are calling on the Obama Administration to take action to stop the extreme river heat.

LINK (via: Columbia Riverkeeper)

Why has the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency in charge of salmon and climate science, refused since 2008 to analyze how climate change is affecting Columbia River Basin salmon, and how to reduce or buffer those effects? And why does Washington state support this inaction?

LINK (via: The Seattle Times)

Tuesday
Aug042015

Fly fishing 3 of the newest national monuments 

Three newly designated national monuments represent just a few of the 19 special landscapes the Obama Administration has marked for preservation over the years.

And these protected lands are home to some of the best fishing.

Fly fishing in Northern California’s stunning Berryessa Snow Mountain, designated in July, is just one example. For a more in-depth look at the new national monuments where they’re really biting, GrindTV caught up with David Lass, the California field director of Trout Unlimited.

LINK (via: Grind TV)

Tuesday
Aug042015

Relieving Expectations or: Only the Ultimate Prize is Catching the Fish

From 4bc Productions.

In the competitive, passion and Adrenaline inducing sport of Saltwater Fly Fishing, many fishermen become obsessed about holding the biggest, perfect, most difficult to catch fish on front of the camera and snap their bragging rights for the pre-dinner margarita lubricated Fish-talk.

Monday
Aug032015

What happens when a rainforest burns?

When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn.

LINK (via: Grist)