"They're eating over 6 percent of all the wild steelhead that are passing through the lower Columbia River"

Photo: MDF

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to kill 16,000 cormorants, which it says are eating too many salmon and steelhead trout.

This growing trend of killing some species to protect another is drawing opponents.

LINK  (via: National Geographic)

Seattle Steelheads

Seattle has been represented by many franchises in a variety of sports, none as short-lived as the Seattle Steelheads of the West Coast Negro Baseball League.

LINK (via:Sportspress NW)

Dec. 2014 SOTM Entry: Lake Ontario Steel

Jacob Kwapiszeski connects with this stout buck and produces a December submission.

Steelhead: Intriguing wanderers of the Northwest and Idaho

Steelhead aren't lemmings. They're individuals who take different routes to the same destination.

LINK (via:Idaho Statesman)

A Bridge to Far

Photo: brewbooks

A recent study provides strong evidence of substantial migration interference and increased mortality risk associated with the Hood Canal Floating Bridge, and may partially explain low early marine survival rates observed in Hood Canal steelhead populations.

LINK (via: PLOS One)

Keeping the Wild Wild Behind the Redwood Curtain

Cliff Berkowitz spoke with filmmaker, and former student Shane Anderson prior to a recent sold out benefit screening in Arcata of his film Wild Reverence.