Monday, September 24, 2007 at 5:14PM 
An expert in light-emitting diode technology has discovered you can enhance LEDs by using biological membranes to slow down electrons, getting them to emit more photons. According to the expert, salmon sperm, a waste product of the fishing industry, is the cheapest source of LED enhancing DNA. LINK Via: Backcountry The Goat
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 7:10PM 
The trailer for Felt Soul Media's latest film about Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble Mine can now be viewed here. LINK
The trailer took the best overall film award at The Drake's 5 minutes of fly fishing film festival at the recent fly fishing show and was one of the featured clips at the Patagonia store reception.
UPDATE: Link is fixed.
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 6:50PM I'm re-posting this because somehow the links to Paul's sites dropped off the last time.
When not working at Atlanta's Fish Hawk Fly Shop, Paul Puckett paints fantastic catch and release and sporting art.
Catch and Release Fish Tales LINK
The Sporting Art of Paul Puckett LINK
A brilliant time lapse video of Paul at work.
The music is by James McMurtry.
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 6:24PM Last Friday the Chum board of directors attended the first stop of Save Our Wild Salmon's, Wheat, Wine and Wild Salmon event series. Highlighting Northwest food traditions, the series is designed to build public awareness in support of locally grown food and wild salmon.
Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt lead an inspiring discussion about effective solutions to the Snake River salmon crisis. Babbitt's message was that wild salmon advocates should engage government, agricultural and power interests that have historically been opposed to removal of the 4 lower Snake River dams. Babbitt's own experience found that we shared common problems and concerns with pro-dam interests. By working together we can protect wild salmon and insure a secure economic future for farming communities throughout the Columbia Basin and central Idaho.
"For years, the debate over the future of Columbia and Snake River salmon, and whether to remove the four lower Snake River dams, has been cast as a clash between economic and environmental interests, of fishermen against farmers. But this is a false choice," Secretary Babbitt said. "Removing four dams on the lower Snake River and restoring wild salmon to one of our nation's signature rivers --- if done right --- will leave the Northwest economy and its communities with a brighter future."
The series will move to Spokane for a similar event on October 2nd followed by another two day panel discussion on October 19th and 20th.
