Monday, July 27, 2015 at 12:00AM 
It’s only a three-minute ride, or a few kilometres as the crow flies, but it’s a historic move for both Banff National Park and the overall recovery of a species at risk.
LINK (via:The Calgary Herald)
Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 12:08AM ;)
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On Tuesday night a coalition of wild fish advocates testified in front of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in support of a strategy to conserve and recover wild steelhead by establishing a network of wild stock gene banks across the state. Of all the watersheds under consideration the overwhelming percentage of attendees testified in favor of designating the three watersheds shown above.
For those of you who are unable to attend the remaining public hearings, and those of you who from outside the region who care about wild steelhead, please submit your comments in support of the same three watersheds.
Submit your comments HERE.
TAKE ACTION!!!!, wild steelhead in Action, Species Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 12:00AM 
Image: USFWS/Rick Kuyper
Faster than a frog can hop over a drought-shrunken creek, San Francisco water officials' plan to help restore wild fish has spiraled into a regulatory debate highlighting the difficulty of trying to undo damage to one species without hurting others.
LINK (via: Contra Costa Times)
fish in the news, wild steelhead in Conservation, Science, Species Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 12:00AM 
Steelhead, quite frankly, are confusing.
For one thing, they're rainbow trout. That's not a metaphor. Steelhead and rainbow trout are the same species: Oncorhynchus mykiss. In California waters, they're the same subpecies as the coastal rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus. For some time it was assumed that close study would eventually reveal a significant genetic difference between rainbow trout and steelhead, because there's definitely a distinct behavioral difference between the two: steelhead spend much of their adult lives in the ocean, while rainbow trout stay in fresh water their whole lives.
LINK (via:KCET)
fish in the news, steelhead in Species Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 12:00AM 
High Country News with a very thorough examination of the current sea lion problem on the Columbia.
These days, more than 300,000 California sea lions roam U.s. Waters.This population is probably at a higher abundance level now than at any time in the last 10 to 12,000 years,” says Bob DeLong, a marine mammal biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
LINK (via:HCN)
save our wild salmon, sea lions in Conservation, Environment, Species Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 12:00AM 
Why not celebrate the festivities with the Shark Week Drinking Game?
shark week, swimming with sharks in Species 
