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July 15, 2017

Take Action to Save Cayuse Creek

Project could affect the Cayuse Creek drainage, Chuck Pezeshki Photo Credit The Forest Service is accepting public comments on their proposal to cut and/or burn approximately 8,600-acres in three different roadless areas in the N. Fork Clearwater drainage: Moose Mountain, Weitas Creek and Kelly Creek. The…
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Free the Snake River
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July 15, 2017

A damming proposal – congressional bill is not a good option

Five members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest are attempting to overturn a court order that found the federal government is not doing enough to protect threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead species in the Columbia and Snake River basins. The bill…
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Spokane Indians new logo, mascot and uniform
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June 28, 2017

Spokane Indians redband themed mascot and uniform

Hard-fighting. Resilient. Part of Spokane’s identity. When the vice president of the Spokane Indians baseball team heard these words during a conversation last summer, he could have sworn they were talking about his players. Instead, Otto Klein found himself deep in discussion…
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Redband Trout Illustration
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June 28, 2017

Spokane’s signature fish continues to struggle as new campaign raises awareness

While recent years have seen the city of Spokane’s pulse pick up, time has not been so kind to its signature fish. The redband trout – named for the speckled black and red bands that brilliantly flash down its sides as it…
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Mark Poirier releases a 36-inch Clearwater River steelhead.
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May 27, 2017

Fisheries managers move to protect B-run Washington, Oregon mull rolling closures, while Idaho adopts wait-and-see policy

By ERIC BARKER of the Tribune May 27, 2017 Washington and Oregon are poised to implement rolling closures of the steelhead fishery from the mouth of the Columbia River to the mouth of the Snake this summer and fall in an attempt…
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife employees work to spawn Chinook salmon at EBMUD’s Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery In November, 2015 near Lodi, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Conservation
May 18, 2017

California salmon facing extinction, report warns

Nearly half of California’s diverse types of native salmon, steelhead and trout are headed toward extinction in 50 years unless environmental trends are reversed, a team of scientists warn in a new report. And nearly three-fourths — 21 of 31 types —- will…
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Struggle for the Snake (1971)
Snake River Dams
May 12, 2017

Struggle for the Snake (1971)

STRUGGLE FOR THE SNAKE - a documentary created in 1971 - was recently posted on YOUTUBE and well worth setting aside 28 minutes to watch. This 45 year-old classic focuses on the contentious debate over the original construction of the last of…
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Spokane RiverKeeper
ConservationSpokane River
March 17, 2017

Cleanup Spokane River Tomorrow

Interested in helping clean-up the Spokane River? Join the Spokane Riverkeeper, Rivercity Brewing, and Numerica Credit Union for a litter clean-up along the shores of the Spokane River to help celebrate the start of our Riverwalk. The crew will meet at Glover…
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Ed Chaney
ConservationSnake River Dams
February 15, 2017

Scoping Comment from Ed Chaney

Scoping Comments on the NOI to Prepare a National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Impact Statement Pursuant to May 4, 2016 Order of United States District Court, D. Oregon in National Wildlife Federation, et al., v. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al.. Submitted…
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