Oregon Governor signs bill to pay for removal of Klamath dams

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a bill financing most of the cost of removing four dams on the Klamath River to help salmon.

Meanwhile, representatives from California, Oregon, PacifiCorp, the Obama administration and others continued to meet Tuesday in Klamath Falls, Ore., to make a September deadline for a binding agreement on the effort to restore 300 miles of salmon spawning habitat.

LINK (Via: Oregon Live)

Is This The New World-Record Largemouth?

A Japanese angler, fishing at Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan may have tied freshwater fishing's oldest and most cherished record. 

LINK (Via: Field and Stream)

Targeting Trophy Koi

Thieves have developed a new technique for pursuing trophy Koi, can John Montana be far behind?

LINK  (Via:The Telegraph)

Microbes may be answer to invasive mussels

An eco-friendly bacteria that kills invasive mussels will be tested for the first time in Canada at the Decew Falls hydro plant.

It has worked incredibly well in smaller-scale tests so far, said Daniel Molloy, a scientist with the New York State Museum who discovered the potential of Pseudomas fluorescens.

LINK (Via: The Standard)

An Unsightly Algae Extends Its Grip to a Crucial New York Stream

Esopus Creek, a legendary Catskill Mountain fly fishing stream that is an integral part of New York City’s vast upstate drinking water system, is one of the latest bodies of water to be infected with Didymosphenia geminata.

LINK (Via:The NY Times)

A Sure Sign of The Coming Apocalypse

The Drake's overlord makes an appearance in the NY Times.

LINK  Via:The Hatch