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The Definition of Insanity?

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Today the administration released its latest plan for operating dams on the Columbia and lower Snake Rivers.

The new plan, which would guide salmon recovery efforts in the
Columbia and Snake River basin for the next decade, includes provisions
for habitat restoration, hatchery production, and predator control that
are essentially the same as those in the prior plan, with no
significant changes to the region's federal system of managing dams,
locks, and river flows. The plan does not acknowledge, let alone
consider, removal of the four dams on the lower Snake River that do the
most harm to the basin's endangered salmon.

Judge Redden is not going to be happy.

LINK

Trout Unlimited Tennessee License Plate is ready to order

As of October 9th 158 plates had been sold towards the goal of 1000.  LINK

House Close to Dismantling 1872 Statute on Mining

A follow up on Tuesday''s post concerning efforts to change the Mining Act of 1972.

Via: The NY Times  LINK

Didymo Found In New Zealand North Island Rivers

Thought to be found only of the South Island, traces of Didymo, A.K.A rock snot, has been found in some of the North Island's famous trout waters. Via: The NZ Herald LINK

Andrew Tunikov Fish Carvings

Andrew Tunikov's work is spectacular in it's detail and beauty.

The brown trout pictured above took 8 months to complete and can be yours for $30,000.  LINK