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Fish hide from heavy sediment flow in newly freed Elwha River

A rain-swollen Elwha River is now flowing freely for the first time in a century, triggering the first big release of some of the 20 million cubic yards of sediment stuck behind what’s left of Glines Canyon Dam.

While scientists are giddy over the long-anticipated and well-planned flush of Lake Mills sediment, coho and chum salmon are ducking for cover since the river’s turbidity has spiked seven-fold since summer.

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Environmentalists Sue State Over Flying Fish

Felice Pace and Wilderness Watch claim the California Department of Fish and Game is illegally jettisoning "fish by airplanes and canisters borne by packstock into waters of the United States, including those in federally designated areas."

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Wild Salmon Advocates Cheer Cohen Commission Report

Supporters of B.C.'s wild salmon were delighted with the release of the Cohen Commission report on the decline of Fraser River sockeye. Wild salmon advocates stressed that it's now up to citizens to put pressure on federal and provincial politicians to ensure that Cohen's 75 specific recommendations are carried out.

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PETA wants memorial where fish died in Irvine car crash

PETA says there's nothing fishy about a memorial sign they want up in Irvine commemorating the hundreds of fish killed in a traffic accident while on the way to market.

On behalf of a leading animal rights group, an Irvine woman is asking the city to erect a memorial at the street corner where 1,600 pounds of live fish died this month when a container truck was involved in a three-vehicle crash.

Dina Kourda, a volunteer with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, wrote to the Irvine Public Works Department to request that a sign be placed at the intersection of Walnut and Yale avenues to honor the lives of the fish -- believed to be saltwater bass -- lost in the accident.

The fish, the Orange County Register reported, were being hauled to a Ranch 99 Market, an Asian supermarket.

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Husband and Wife Face Charges in Rocky River Fish Kill

Tens of thousands of fish were found dead in a local river and now a husband and wife have been charged with poisoning them.

In April of this year, nearly 31,000 dead fish were found floating in a three mile stretch of the Rocky River. 

Federal and state officials announced charges against Renato Montorsi, 79, and his wife Teresina, 74, along with their collectible coin company located in Strongsville, Kennedy Mint, Inc.

“Last April, Mr. Montorsi tried to dispose of a drum of liquid cyanide by putting it in a dumpster, the drum was marked as being toxic, clearly labeled as such and it clearly had the poison sign, the skull and crossbones on the drum,” said Steven Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Investigators said the garbage company refused to take the dumpster, and allege that Montorsi found his own way of disposing of the chemical.

“He took a hammer and a sharp metal object, according to the indictment, and punched a hole in the drum after he had moved it to a storm drain, a storm drain that fed directly into a branch of the Rocky River,” Dettelbach said.

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